A US Judge has questioned the special counsel’s powers in the Manafort case. “I don’t see what relationship this indictment has with anything the special counsel is authorized to investigate” – US District Judge T.S. Ellis III in the Eastern District of Virginia. Suggesting Mueller’s team lied about the scope of the investigation and are seeking “unfettered power” and are more interested in bringing down the president.
Mueller is focusing intensely on alleged interactions between former top Trump campaign official Rick Gates and political operative Roger Stone. Stone, a longtime adviser to Trump, is one of the top subjects of the investigation into potential collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign. Stone’s attorney did not deny the relationship between his clients and Gates, but sought to downplay its importance.
A US Judge has questioned the special counsel’s powers in the Manafort case. “I don’t see what relationship this indictment has with anything the special counsel is authorized to investigate” – US District Judge T.S. Ellis III in the Eastern District of Virginia. Suggesting Mueller’s team lied about the scope of the investigation and are seeking “unfettered power” and are more interested in bringing down the president.
Mueller is focusing intensely on alleged interactions between former top Trump campaign official Rick Gates and political operative Roger Stone. Stone, a longtime adviser to Trump, is one of the top subjects of the investigation into potential collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign. Stone’s attorney did not deny the relationship between his clients and Gates, but sought to downplay its importance.