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Сегодня утром судья Дабни Фридрих, которая ведет питерской фабрики троллей, отвергла нападки адвокатов Пригожина и подтвердила конституционность Мюллера в качестве специального прокурора.

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.
“The appointment does not violate core separation-of-powers principles,” Friedrich wrote. “Nor has the special counsel exceeded his authority under the appointment order by investigating and prosecuting Concord.”
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/08/13/russian-company-charged-by-mueller-loses-bid-to-dismiss-charges/

Тем самым она присоединилась к мнению трех других федеральных судей.

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. 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.
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.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/13/mueller-legitimate-court-ruling-774888



Наиболее авторитетным остается мнение судьи Берил Хaуэлл, которому она посвятила 93 страницы.

Chief Judge Howell's 93-page opinion rejecting various constitutional challenges to Special Counsel Mueller's appointment, officer status, & subpoena power is a tour de force, and ought to sound the death knell for arguments like those made by Calabresi:https://t.co/vqaYgsSaa8

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) August 2, 2018

С Хaуэлл борется упомянутый выше адвокат Пол Каменар. Каменар представляет интересы Эндрю Миллера, который работал на Роджера Стоуна. Но его главная цели - аппелировать решение о конституционности расследования Мюллера и, если понадобится, довести дело до Верховного суда.

Эта деятельность оплачивается консервативной конторой National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) и ее донорами.

Attorney Paul Kamenar, who represents longtime Stone associate Andrew Miller, told The Daily Beast he is taking a reduced rate because he believes the special counsel probe is unconstitutional. He said the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is helping fund his work because they share his Constitutionality concerns.
This is all part of a effort to have a judge find that Mueller’s investigation is against the law.
Peter Flaherty, the chairman of the board of directors for the National Legal and Policy Center, told The Daily Beast that Miller is his group’s only Mueller-related client.
“We needed one client for this project and we have him,” he said. “We’re committed to paying all the costs associated with this Constitutional challenge.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-reason-roger-stone-crony-andrew-miller-ducked-robert-muellers-subpoena-to-challenge-the-special-counsels-legitimacy

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