Defense attorneys for Roger Stone, the veteran GOP operative and former adviser to Pres. Trump, filed court documents seeking to dismiss charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller and request access to his 400-page report in its entirety.
, filed court documents late Friday seeking to dismiss charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller and request access to his 400-page report in its entirety.
In his argument for charges to be dropped, Stone cited several consitutional clauses that “invalidate” the special counsel’s appointment and authority to prosecute. “The appointment was illegal, the resulting office has been a nullity from inception, and all actions taken by this illegally appointed officer should be declared null and void,” Stone’s legal team wrote. “The indictment of Roger Stone should be dismissed with prejudice.”Roger Stone, former adviser and long time associate of President Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, Feb. 21, 2019, in Washington, DC.
Several federal courts have dismissed similar challenges to the special counsel’s authority on the basis that the investigative office was improperly appointed, including an appeals case brought by a former aide to Stone, Andrew Miller. Stone’s legal team also sought access to the much-anticipated Mueller report in its entirety, according to the court documents, which“The Special Counsel Report may be of political interest to many. It may be of commercial interest to others. It may be of public interest to some. But for Roger Stone,” his lawyer’s wrote, “the Special Counsel’s Report is a matter of protecting his liberty.
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