JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge tore into all of the legal arguments that a lawyer for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort made on Wednesday [4-4-18] in his long-shot civil case to convince her that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has run amok and should be reined in…Manafort filed a civil lawsuit on Jan. 3 against Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department official who appointed the special counsel, in a key legal test of how far Mueller’s mandate extends. Mueller is investigating potential collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia as well as whether the president has unlawfully tried to obstruct the probe.”
-Sarah Lynch, “Judge skewers Manafort’s case challenging Mueller’s powers,” Reuters, April 3, 2018 10:04pm