artment of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility. See Order of December 9, 1996. The Shaheen memorandum simply reflects his finding that the Fraud Section engaged in no misconduct), While the defendants did not object to the government's motion to file the Shaheen memorandum, the Court notes tha

pread attention and fueled calls for the DOJ to reform its taint team procedures. In 2020, the DO,1 created the Special Matters Unit, or SMU, within the Fraud Section. The department announced that the SMU would, among other things, "conduct[] filter reviews to ensure that prosecutors are not exposed to potentiall