Document: D.C. District Court Dismisses Manafort Challenge to Special Counsel Scope

Matthew Kahn
Friday, April 27, 2018, 12:50 PM

On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the following order denying Paul Manafort's motion to dismiss due to the Justice Department and special counsel's acting outside the scope of their respective authority.

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On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the following order denying Paul Manafort's motion to dismiss due to the Justice Department and special counsel's acting outside the scope of their respective authority.


Matthew Kahn is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School and a contributor at Lawfare. Prior to law school, he worked for two years as an associate editor of Lawfare and as a junior researcher at the Brookings Institution. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2017.

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