So their entire case was based around information they thought was on this phone.
Sounds like a very weak case.
...or was there some parallel construction BS and they needed the phone to justify how they actually (illegally) collected evidence against this person?
They will have all that inflated ram money and if they don't spend it like morons they can return to selling ram at normal prices as oem rather than 'burned up leftovers from some AI farm.' The consumer market will still be starved by the AI buyout for some time even after the burst.
Nope, just throwing the same lines I hear Trumptards bring up when SNAP or other social services enter the conversation.