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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe legal process required for wiretap shows how Michael Cohen is in deep trouble: ex-fed prosecutor
The legal process required for a wiretap shows how Michael Cohen is in deep trouble: ex-federal prosecutorNOOR AL-SIBAI
03 MAY 2018 AT 15:30 ET
Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti on Thursday explained how news that Donald Trumps longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen was wiretapped prior to his FBI raid implies the government thinks hes guilty of a crime.
What does news that Michael Cohen was wiretapped tell us about the investigation of him? the former prosector mused. Short answer: A lot.
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Mariotti explained in laymans terms that the federal government obtains wiretaps when investigating ongoing criminal activity. To obtain one, he wrote, investigators had to convince a judge that Cohen would use the phone to communicate about any criminal activity he planned on partaking in within the 30-day window of the wiretap.
Wiretapping is different from a search warrant, the legal analyst continued, based on the time frame investigators are looking into: search warrants deal with past crimes, while wiretaps are obtained to get information on crimes a subject plans on committing in the future.
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The legal process required for wiretap shows how Michael Cohen is in deep trouble: ex-fed prosecutor (Original Post)
DonViejo
May 2018
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Stallion
(6,476 posts)1. Very Informative Thread
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)2. K&R!! Thanks for putting this together, DonV!! nt
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Seems to me,Team Mueller
had hard evidence that Cohen was a messenger for the Trump Campaign with a trip to Prague. Team Mueller has this sucker by the short ones and Trump knows it.
Believe Rosenstien rules of engagement for Team Mueller,stated,if you find other Criminal evidence,you are to take appropriate action. Game-set-match,RICO.
pansypoo53219
(20,987 posts)4. normal people do not have that many phones.