Manafort Steps Up Challenge to Mueller Indictment

Paul Manafort asked a federal court “to toss out 18 criminal charges against him in Virginia, sharpening his challenge to the legitimacy of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election,” the Washington Post reports.

“The pretrial motions to dismiss an indictment intensified a legal attack mounted by Manafort in a lawsuit in January. In that lawsuit, Manafort contends Mueller has exceeded his legal authority and is asking to void the Justice Department’s appointment of him.”