Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is directly challenging special counsel Robert Mueller, charging in a lawsuit filed on Jan.3 that the prosecutor lacked the legal authority to investigate and indict him on pre-2016 money laundering charges.
Trump’s Russia ties
Washington Times: Manafort lawsuit says Mueller charges have nothing to do with Russia investigation
US President Donald Trump (L) chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Nov. 11, 2017.
