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Litigation

Feb. 13, 2016

Attorneys lay into FBI agents over courthouse wiretapping

Defense attorney Matthew J. Jacobs tenaciously questioned FBI Special Agent Roahn Wynar about surreptitious recordings agents made of accused foreclosure auction bid-riggers outside a San Mateo Courthouse.

By Tim O'Connor
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Secret. Non-consensual. Without court authorization.

Defense attorney Matthew J. Jacobs repeatedly hammered those descriptors home in questioning FBI Special Agent Roahn Wynar about surreptitious recordings agents made of accused foreclosure auction bid-riggers outside a San Mateo Courthouse.

Jacobs, a partner atVinson & Elkins LLP, represents lead defendant Joseph Giraudo who is charged ...

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