Manafort’s Civil Suit Against Justice Department Is Dismissed
- Judge says Manafort should pursue claims in criminal case
- Mueller defended authority to indict former Trump aide
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Paul Manafort lost his civil lawsuit attacking Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s authority to charge him with crimes unrelated to his role as President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington threw out the suit Friday, saying the criminal cases against Manafort are the proper venue for his assault on the Justice Department’s May 17 order that granted Mueller authority to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election.