Sentences with phrase «under federal wiretap»

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Federal investigators wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer who is under investigation for a payment he made to Stormy Daniels, the adult - film actress who alleged she had an affair with Trump, NBC News reported Thursday.

Spota said his office had turned over boxes of documents and recordings of wiretaps to federal prosecutors under a subpoena.

In a wiretapped call played for jurors last week, Barrella warned Adam that it was a bad time to pursue AbTech - related legislation in Albany following news that the senator was under federal investigation.

In addition to the Burke - Loeb case, Newsday has reported that the comprehensive federal scrutiny of Spota's office has included whether there was anything unlawful in the handling of the investigation into the shooting of Huntington Station taxi driver Thomas Moroughan by an off - duty Nassau County police officer; the circumstances under which former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy gave up a $ 4.1 - million - dollar campaign chest to the district attorney's office, and also agreed not to run for re-election; the legality of a wiretap placed on the phone of former Suffolk detective John Oliva; the resolution of the criminal case against well - known Suffolk criminal lawyer Robert Macedonio; the office's distribution of asset - forfeiture money; and the investigation into a number of political associates of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.

«In a setback to DirecTV's fight against satellite piracy, a federal appeals panel on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the company can not sue people under a wiretapping law just because they possess cards allowing them to intercept its signal.»