Reply #11: Your assumption is irrational. [View All]

[BadgerLaw2010]

If the search you are conducting is not lawful, it taints everything that comes after it. "Plain view" does not apply when you weren't lawfully there in the first place. Illegal conduct can thus trash an entire investigation.

Which is why Feds don't tend to be stupid about this sort of thing.

And what good is warrantless blackmail? That's a crime in and of itself and one that will have tremendous blowback for anyone involved in it when it is discovered (i.e. used).