http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/394636-mueller-subpoenas-former-aide-to-stone-report
Special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday subpoenaed a former aide to Trump adviser Roger Stone, The New York Times reported.
The special counsel reportedly called for Andrew Miller, who worked for Stone during the 2016 campaign, to appear before a grand jury in the investigation into Russian meddling in the
election.
Attorney Paul Kamenar, who is believed to be representing Miller, told the Times that he intends to fight the subpoena by arguing Mueller’s appointment was unconstitutional. Others
have made similar claims, thus far unsuccessfully.Miller is the third ex-Stone associate who has reportedly been subpoenaed in the Mueller investigation.
Former Stone aides John Kakanis and Jason Sullivan have also been called to appear before a grand jury.
Stone has been a central figure in the special counsel’s investigation. He worked briefly on the Trump campaign and has since served as an adviser to the president. Some of Stone’s
contacts during the 2016 presidential election have drawn heightened scrutiny, including his communications with WikiLeaks.
The Washington Post reported earlier this month that Stone was in contact with a Russian national who offered damaging information on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in
exchange for a $2 million payment. Stone said he turned down the meeting.
Stone acknowledged to Hill.TV’s “Rising” last week that it’s a “possibility” he will be indicted in Mueller’s investigation. Mueller has thus far indicted or obtained guilty pleas from four
former Trump associates and filed charges against 13 Russian nationals as part of his investigation.
"you can't subpoena be because you shouldn't have the job in the first place"
holy shit
Was going to comment about that bullshit but forgot lol, like the Constitution says anything about special counsels
Well, it's technically not wrong, if the president was legitimately elected then there wouldn't be a special counsel investigating his campaign.
Stone is king at dumb 4d chess
A similar line of defense (that Mueller didn't have the legal authority to charge Manafort with any crimes because he was only supposed to be investigating Trump) was already gutted in court, so don't see much coming of this.
Quite. To be honest I feel bad for the courts having to sit and hear this gumph for days when their conclusion is already 'no'.
I'm not super up-to-date on this but wasn't the investigation started as a general investigation into election interference and only focused on Trump later on?
I was making a joke...
If the election hadn't been hacked, Trump wouldn't be pretending to be president, and a special counsel investigation wouldn't be needed. Since the election should not have been hacked in the first place, then if all had gone properly there would be no need for special counsel.
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