POLICY_ Judge questions whether DOJ gave Mueller too much power

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Judge questions whether DOJ gave Mueller too much power

By Olivia Beavers - 04/19/18 03:28 PM EDT
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A federal judge on Thursday questioned whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) gave special counsel Robert Mueller more authority to conduct his federal probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election than the agency's rules allow.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson questioned whether Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's order to appoint Mueller granted him more authority than DOJ regulations appear to permit, after Manafort's counsel pointed out how Rosenstein’s order in May said the special counsel can look into anything of consequence that "arose or may arise" in his investigation.

“That’s a fair point,” Jackson reportedly replied.

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