Judge rejects latest bid to invalidate Mueller probe

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Source: Politico






08/02/2018 03:33 PM EDT

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Andrew Miller, a longtime aide to Trump confidant Roger Stone, had brought the challenge that was rejected on Thursday.

"The scope of the Special Counsel’s power falls well within the boundaries the Constitution permits," ruled Judge Beryl Howell, who sits on the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

Miller was pushing back on a string of subpoenas issued by Mueller’s team seeking documents and testimony in connection with Mueller's probe.

The ex-Stone aide is just the latest to question the special counsel’s authority. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort also filed a civil lawsuit — that has since been dismissed — in a bid to halt Mueller’s investigation of him. And lawyers representing a Russian company that Mueller indicted for its connection to a Kremlin-linked online troll farm accused of targeting the American elections have also challenged the special counsel’s jurisdiction.

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Miller team is considering an appeal.

[groundloop]

1. GOPers certainly didn't claim Ken Starr overstepped his authority for investigating a blow job

What fucking hypocrites!!!!!! It's ok to waste taxpayer money investigating an affair between two consenting adults yet they try to halt an investigation which quite likely involves treason.

[eggplant]

2. To be fair, it's treason between two consenting adults.

[Princess Turandot]

3. She issued a 90 page opinion in support of her decision..

..It sounds like she's not planning on being reversed, if they do appeal!