Taint team
Searches of any attorney’s office by the federal government are highly unusual and typically trigger the appointment of a so-called “taint team” of prosecutors, who are walled off from colleagues on the main investigation, to root out privileged files. (The Guardian.)
In what way is a "taint team" of prosecutors tainted? Is it somewhat "polluted" or "contaminated" with something undesirable?
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According to this , "They call it a taint team because you don't want to taint the prosecutors who are actually investigating it by seeing potentially privileged information that they have no right to see".
- According to this , "They call it a taint team because you don't want to taint the prosecutors who are actually investigating it by seeing potentially privileged information that they have no right to see".
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According to this, "They call it a taint team because you don't want to taint the prosecutors who are actually investigating it by seeing potentially privileged information that they have no right to see".
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