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The details
- In the suit, Manafort’s lawyers write that Mueller was given “authority to investigate a specific matter: links and/or connections between the Russian government and…the campaign of President Donald Trump,” and that Manafort’s charges extend “far beyond” that.
- It also says that Rosentein allowing Mueller to investigate anything that arises from the investigation “exceeds the scope of Mr. Rosenstein’s authority to appoint special counsel as well as specific restrictions on the scope of such appointments.”
Via Axios