Since the FBI seized the files of the president’s personal attorney, legal experts have been stepping up by the dozens to show us that the president’s announcement of the death of the attorney-client privilege was premature, and that—thankfully in a system that prides itself in the rights afforded defendants—this basic due-process safeguard is alive and well. Even Kellyanne Conway’s husband, a well-known Big Law litigator, got into the act, citing Justice Department policy respectful of the privilege:

Because of the potential effects of [the seizure of a lawyer’s files] on legitimate attorney-client relationships and because of the possibility that, during such a search, the government may encounter material protected by a legitimate claim of privilege, it is important that close control be exercised over this type of search.