Or is this request/demand a way for the court to flush this down the memory hole and make it disappear ("We're still looking into it. Can't comment on an ongoing investigation.")?
There was a report yesterday on Fox that most of the FISA warrants that were approved by the FISC were done without a hearing.
While I’ve had search warrants signed by a judge without a hearing, you’d think something as important as securing a wiretap order on a Presidential campaign would require more than just an informal visit to a judge in chambers.
I wonder if it was done this way to circumvent having a court reporter present to take a transcript of the proceeding? Without a record it becomes “he said-she said”.