Trump lawyer: Mueller inappropriately obtained transition team emails

Published December 16, 2017 10:22pm ET



A lawyer for President Trump’s transition team said that special counsel Robert Mueller obtaining emails related to the transition was inappropriate, both on Mueller’s behalf and the agency that provided them.

Fox News reported Saturday that Kory Langhofer, the counsel to the Trump for America transition team, wrote in a letter to Congress that Mueller “extensively used the materials in question, including portions that are susceptible to claims of privilege.”

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