The desire to have the client list redacted from the court case suggests that the 3 letter agencies were using Bitcoin and Samourai wallet's services to launder money for a variety of reasons. But if the government was using Samourai's services in order to launder money, that would likely mean it would not be illegal, and they were wrongly being charged.

In a constitutional democracy like the United States, laundering money for intelligence agencies is considered a fully legal activity. Banking institutions with Federal Reserve oversight, partake in it regularly with little to no consequence. The CIA has become so sophisticated in their laundering operations, learning much since their time in Mena, Arkansas.