Donna Adelson Trial: FBI Agent Pat Sanford Breaks Down Wiretaps And Undercover “Bump”

FBI Agent Pat Sanford Breaks Down Wiretaps And Undercover “Bump”
In Donna Adelson Trial

The Trial of Donna Adelson turned a sharp corner today as FBI
Special Agent Pat Sanford took the stand. His testimony focused
on the heart of the government’s case: the surveillance, the
wiretaps, and the bold undercover operation known as the “bump.”
Jurors were walked through how agents set the trap by sending an
undercover operative to approach Donna Adelson in public while
posing as a gang member. What happened next was no
accident.

Sanford explained that the goal of the bump was to provoke
reaction—and that’s exactly what it did. Within minutes of Donna
being approached, the Adelson family’s phones lit up. Donna
called Charlie. Charlie called Katherine Magbanua. The web of
connections prosecutors allege was behind the murder of Dan
Markel was suddenly buzzing with nervous communication.

The jury listened as Sanford connected the dots, pointing out how
innocent-sounding calls were layered with coded language and
anxiety. Donna herself seemed calm on the surface, but her
immediate pivot to calling Charlie showed investigators she was
anything but. Sanford told the jury this was not random
chatter—it was the language of a conspiracy under pressure.

For the prosecution, Sanford’s testimony is a crucial piece of
the puzzle. It shows jurors how law enforcement went beyond
theory and speculation. They engineered a real-time stress test
that forced the Adelsons to show their hand. Whether jurors see
it as calculated conspiracy or simply a worried family, Sanford’s
calm and detailed breakdown gave them a roadmap to understanding
the case.

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