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Mueller’s team says its authorities are laid out in documents including the August 2017 scope memo – and that some powers are actually secret because they involve ongoing investigations and national security matters that cannot be publicly disclosed. Ellis seemed amused and not persuaded.
Further, Ellis demanded to see the unredacted “scope memo,” a document outlining the scope of the special counsel’s Russia probe that congressional Republicans have also sought.
During a hearing for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III challenges scope and authority of the special counsel's investigation; reaction from Republican Congressman; John Ratcliffe from Texas.
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