Mueller Asks For More Time To Hand Over Manafort Records In Cryptic Court Filing
Posted on AllSides March 20th, 2019
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The special counsel’s office said it was facing the “press of other work” and needed more time to comply with the request.
Prosecutors in special counsel Robert Mueller’s office have asked a judge for more time to respond to a request for records related to their investigation of former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, saying they’re too busy with “other work” right now.
“The government respectfully requests an extension of time — through and including April 1, 2019 — to respond to the motion,” Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben,...