Mueller team’s special status could save Virginia Manafort case
An obscure special status obtained by several of special counsel Robert Mueller’s attorneys could prevent a judge from ousting Mueller’s lawyers ...
Several court filings indicate that when lawyers from Mueller’s office appeared in federal court in Alexandria earlier this year, they did so not only as representatives of Mueller’s office but as special assistant United States attorneys (SAUSAs) attached to the United States attorney’s office there.
That designation gives the Mueller prosecutors a kind of dual status that could complicate any attempt by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III to try to shift the case to federal prosecutors based in Alexandria — a possibility the judge mentioned on a couple of occasions...
Hmmmmmm
There was some suggestion that under the appointments clause RR did not have the power to appoint Mueller or the others? That their appointment could be challenged on the basis?
I have to be careful here and not damage myself playing lawyer make-believe—my expertise focuses on different aspects of the law, use your seatbelt, signal when you turn, and pay your taxes on time, that stuff.