Republican lawmaker: Probing Mueller’s team is ‘standard legal practice’

Published July 21, 2017 12:22pm ET



Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., argued Friday that President Trump’s effort to investigate special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team is a “standard” practice that anyone would take in that kind of situation.

Press reports said Trump’s legal team is looking for possible conflicts of interest within Mueller’s team. That tactic follows complaints from Trump’s team that most of Mueller’s lawyers have donated to Democrats.

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