At a debate at the New York City Bar on the prosecution of lawyers for acts of advocacy, defense attorneys argued that government should be required to make a threshold showing before a judge in order to use undercover tactics to investigate an attorney.
But prosecutors insisted that such a requirement would intrude on what was “quintessentially” a prosecutorial function, and countered that the rules of engagement should be the same for everyone under investigation, including attorneys.
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