Mueller Releases Secret Memo Underpinning Manafort Probe
- Rosenstein gave Mueller authority to look at Ukrainian work
- Manafort claims that Mueller overstepped his appointment
Mueller Releases Secret Memo Underpinning Manafort Probe
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller defended the indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by releasing a secret government memorandum granting him authority to investigate crimes related to Manafort’s political consulting work for former President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine.
Mueller is using the memo to Manafort’s claims that prosecutors went too far by investigating crimes beyond Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Prosecutors released the memo just before midnight on Monday, arguing that Manafort can’t legally challenge his indictment for financial crimes arising from his work for Yanukovych and other Russian-backed politicians.