The lawyer for the president’s former campaign manager fed information to Donald Trump’s attorneys.
The information exchange deal between the lawyers of President Donald Trump and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was a type of legal activity seen in organized crime cases, according to a former federal prosecutor on Wednesday.
Mimi Rocah, who served as an assistant U. S. attorney for New York’s Southern District before becoming Pace Law School’s distinguished fellow in criminal justice, compared the joint defense agreement to “conduct in Mafia cases.” Rocah served the Southern District for over 16 years and led several organized crime cases and was the head of the district’s organized crime and racketeering unit.
“I saw this conduct in Mafia cases. At a minimum, it’s unethical and not normal. I would want to know more before concluding (as the article does) that this ‘violated no laws,’” Rocah tweeted.
Rocha later clarified that she learned the arrangement was not technically unethical, but again stressed the need for more context to properly assess.
