Judge Dabney Friedrich in July 2017 at the Senate committee hearing on her nomination to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
"The appointment does not violate core separation-of-powers principles," U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich wrote on Monday, rejecting a motion from defense lawyers at Reed Smith. "Nor has the special counsel exceeded his authority under the appointment order by investigating and prosecuting Concord."
August 13, 2018 at 09:56 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Nationallawjournal/nationallawjournal
A federal judge on Monday rejected a Russian firm’s bid to escape charges brought by the special counsel, denying a challenge to the appointment of Robert Mueller III to lead the investigation into Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
In a 41-page opinion, Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump administration nominee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, struck down each of the arguments Concord Management and Consulting raised to contest Mueller’s authority.
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