NBC News is reporting that federal prosecutors have been wiretapping the phone lines of Michael Cohen and that at least one call between Cohen and the White House was intercepted. Now it is an NBC report, so it may be false or phony, but if it is true, then this is a new low in the activities of the federal prosecutors. Say what you will, Cohen remains an attorney who represents a few clients. That means that prosecutors were listening in one conversations between an attorney and client. That is a violation of the worst kind by the prosecutors. It goes to the heart of our legal system.
The excuse given here is that a judge signed off on a warrant to allow the wiretap. That may or may not be true, but let's assume that it is. That doesn't solve the problem. If someone like Robert Mueller or a US Attorney hears the substance of a conversation between President Trump and his lawyer Cohen, there is no way to "unhear" the call. And yet, the idea that a prosecutor could get to hear privileged conversations is a disgusting bit of police state tactics.
Someone better explain if this story is true, and if so, how can the intercepting of privileged conversations be allowed.
The excuse given here is that a judge signed off on a warrant to allow the wiretap. That may or may not be true, but let's assume that it is. That doesn't solve the problem. If someone like Robert Mueller or a US Attorney hears the substance of a conversation between President Trump and his lawyer Cohen, there is no way to "unhear" the call. And yet, the idea that a prosecutor could get to hear privileged conversations is a disgusting bit of police state tactics.
Someone better explain if this story is true, and if so, how can the intercepting of privileged conversations be allowed.
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