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- Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort filed a motion Friday to suppress key evidence the special counsel Robert Mueller obtained against him last May.
- Manafort’s lawyers argue that the evidence was obtained unlawfully and its seizure violated Manafort’s constitutional rights.
- One legal expert said it is highly unlikely Manafort’s motion will succeed, given an important exception, called “inevitable discovery,” to the rules governing searches and seizures.
- Friday’s motion comes after Mueller’s office threw a wrench last week into the two main pillars of Manafort’s defense strategy.
Late Friday, attorneys representing Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, filed a motion to suppress potentially critical evidence against him in the Russia investigation.
FBI agents working for the special counsel Robert Mueller obtained the evidence last May from a storage locker in Alexandria, Virginia that belongs to Manafort’s consulting firm, Davis Manafort Partners, Inc.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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