j3lademaster
05-02-2025, 06:20 PM
https://www.foxnews.com/us/luigi-mangione-prosecutors-fire-back-eavesdropping-claim
In the filing, prosecutors with the Southern District of New York initially said a paralegal with DANY's office "encountered" the call between Mangione and his New York-based defense attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, on April 22, and "immediately stopped listening and reported the issue." In an amended Tuesday letter, however, prosecutors admitted that the paralegal listened to the whole call.
"The earlier letter stated that a DANY paralegal recognized the call as an attorney-client communication and immediately stopped listening. In fact, the paralegal listened to the entire call, then subsequently informed DANY prosecutors about the identities of the people with whom the defendant spoke," federal prosecutors wrote. "DANY thereafter handled the matter as described in our previous letter. Moreover, DANY notified defense counsel of these facts in an email, dated April 22, 2025, thus, counsel was aware of this information prior to arraignment."
"To be sure, no one at DANY or the Government ‘eavesdropped’ on the defendant on a live basis," federal prosecutors previously wrote in the Monday filing. "Rather, consistent with well-known practice in federal and state jails, many of the defendant’s calls are recorded, with notice of the recording provided to him and the person on the other side of any calls."
“They were just recordings though, so we’re fine.”
And lock this scab paralegal up.
In the filing, prosecutors with the Southern District of New York initially said a paralegal with DANY's office "encountered" the call between Mangione and his New York-based defense attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, on April 22, and "immediately stopped listening and reported the issue." In an amended Tuesday letter, however, prosecutors admitted that the paralegal listened to the whole call.
"The earlier letter stated that a DANY paralegal recognized the call as an attorney-client communication and immediately stopped listening. In fact, the paralegal listened to the entire call, then subsequently informed DANY prosecutors about the identities of the people with whom the defendant spoke," federal prosecutors wrote. "DANY thereafter handled the matter as described in our previous letter. Moreover, DANY notified defense counsel of these facts in an email, dated April 22, 2025, thus, counsel was aware of this information prior to arraignment."
"To be sure, no one at DANY or the Government ‘eavesdropped’ on the defendant on a live basis," federal prosecutors previously wrote in the Monday filing. "Rather, consistent with well-known practice in federal and state jails, many of the defendant’s calls are recorded, with notice of the recording provided to him and the person on the other side of any calls."
“They were just recordings though, so we’re fine.”
And lock this scab paralegal up.