Trump-appointed judge upholds Mueller's legitimacy

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Trump-appointed judge upholds Mueller's legitimacy

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Trump can fire Mueller anytime he wants.

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As a practical matter he can't because it would be political suicide.

Clearly he has been warned as much or he would have done it by now. But really, why should he? I mean 'witch hunt' and 'no collusion', right?

And, as usual, you are completely full of shit on the legality of the Mueller probe, notwithstanding your herculean effort to construct an alt-reality you can live with.

By KYLE CHENEY
| 08/13/2018 10:29 AM EDT


Stephen J. Boitano/AP Photo

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump ruled Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller's probe is constitutional and legitimate, rejecting an effort by a Russian company -- accused of financing a massive political influence operation in the United States -- to stamp out the ongoing investigation.

Judge Dabney Friedrich, who Trump appointed to the U.S. District Court of Washington D.C. last year, is the fourth judge to quash efforts to upend Mueller's legitimacy and cancel his investigation.

0 for 4, ain't that a bitch?!

Judges overseeing the two trials of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort -- D.C. judge Amy Berman Jackson and Eastern District of Virginia Judge T.S. Ellis -- rejected Manafort's bid to invalidate Mueller.

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Earlier this month, the D.C. circuit's Chief Judge Beryl Howell issued a lengthy ruling rejecting similar legal arguments offered by Andrew Miller, a longtime associate of Trump confidant Roger Stone, who was attempting to beat back a subpoena to testify before Mueller's grand jury. Miller's lawyer, Paul Kamenar, told POLITICO on Monday morning that Miller still intends to appeal the decision.

Last week, Miller was held in contempt of court for again ignoring the grand jury subpoena, a move Kamenar said was necessary in order to pursue his appeal.

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