Special counsel Robert Mueller's team defends legitimacy of appointment
The elevation of Matthew G. Whitaker to acting attorney general does not affect special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s eligibility to lead the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Mueller’s team said in a court filing Monday.
The special counsel’s office was responding to an inquiry from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a case brought by Andrew Miller, an associate of Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Trump.
The case challenges the constitutionality of Mueller’s position and centers on who is doing what job at the Justice Department and oversight of the 18-month-long probe.
After oral argument this month, a three-judge panel asked Mueller and Miller to address implications for the case of the forced resignation of attorney general Jeff Sessions — and the man the president picked to succeed him, Whitaker. Whitaker is now supervising the special counsel probe and facing separate court challenges over whether his appointment is valid.
“The designation has no effect on the case,” Mueller’s team said of Whitaker’s new position. “The validity of the Special Counsel’s appointment” in May 2017 “cannot be retroactively affected by a change in the official who is serving as the Acting Attorney General.”
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The dotard can't be happy about that.
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