Manafort Judge Is Skeptical of Lawsuit Disputing Mueller’s Authority
- Mueller denies that prosecutors used ‘carte blanche’ in probe
- Judge overseeing civil case also handling Manafort indictment
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A federal judge expressed deep skepticism that Paul Manafort could use a civil lawsuit to attack Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s authority to charge Manafort with crimes unrelated to his role as President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman.
The comments by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson came Wednesday at the first hearing in a civil case that Manafort filed in January to claim Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, overstepped his authority. Manafort was accused of money laundering and failing to report his lobbying in Ukraine.