Doesn’t sound like the gummint fought very hard to defend itself from Smirk’s privacy claim. Remember the two ‘birds were schmoozing each other on gummint phones for which they have zero right to privacy. They might have a bit of a time collecting the big bucks tho with only, maybe, 4 months to get the money found and the check written?
Struck-Stroke-Smirk was given a reward from AG Garlick for a job well done.