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Manafort Sues Special Counsel

January 3, 2018 at 3:19 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has filed a lawsuit challenging the authority of special counsel Robert Mueller, The Hill reports.

Axios: “Manafort wants a judge to rule that Mueller can’t bring charges on any matters unrelated to Russian election meddling, an outcome that could be of significant importance to other’s in Trump’s orbit.”

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