"Who says that fuggin bastid can prosecute me for breaking the law?"

[struggle4progress]

Not an exact quote but close enough, I think

Manafort Sues Mueller
By MATT APUZZO
JAN. 3, 2018

... Mr. Manafort argued in the lawsuit that Mr. Mueller had gone too far. He sued both Mr. Mueller and Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who appointed Mr. Mueller. The lawsuit said Mr. Rosenstein had improperly given Mr. Mueller the authority to investigate “anything he stumbles across while investigating, no matter how remote.”

Mr. Manafort asked a federal judge to reject Mr. Mueller’s appointment as overly broad and to dismiss the indictment against him. He also asked for a court order prohibiting Mr. Mueller from investigating anything beyond Russian meddling in the election.

A spokesman for Mr. Mueller had no comment ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/us/politics/manafort-lawsuit-mueller.html

[onecaliberal]

1. Piece of shit needs to be locked up and key thrown away

[struggle4progress]

3. Look for the new Republican omnibus "prosecution reform" bill

which makes it harder to indict rightwing GOP operatives and easier to convict the poor and the middle-class!

[onecaliberal]

7. Sadly I agree

[blueinredohio]

2. Then whatever state Manafort lived in the A.G. can prosecute him for money

laundering seeing as how Mueller has all the evidence

[GaryCnf]

4. Message for Manafort

S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G

Look it up.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Shaddup and get in the barrel. nt

[bitterross]

6. How can the chief law enforcement officer of the nation be too broad in their grant?

I realize that this is really just a tactic to delay, stall, and throw anything against the wall to see if it sticks. His attorneys would not be doing their jobs if they didn't at least give everything they can think of a shot. So I don't fault them at all for trying.

I just don't expect this to go anywhere.