[ April 18, 2024 ]
This just keeps getting better and better.
The key here is “discovery.” BTW, Buzzfeed did the same thing as these Russians are accused of doing. Why aren’t they indicted?
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The Biglaw Firm Behind The Russian Trolls Indicted In The Mueller Probe
The decision to go with Biglaw is already paying dividends.
By Kathryn Rubino, Above the Law, May 7, 2018 (thanks to Van):
If you’ve been following along with the legal twists and turns of the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller, you know that one of the more interesting aspects was the indictment of 13 Russian citizens and three Russian businesses on crimes related to interference in the 2016 presidential election. Conventional wisdom has generally been that none of these entities would ever make an appearance or otherwise acknowledge the proceedings. However, one of the Russian businesses, Concord Management, has tapped a Biglaw firm to rep them in court.
Concord Management has hired Reed Smith as their legal team. Partners Eric A. Dubelier (who according to his firm profile has a practice that focuses on international and domestic regulatory compliance and enforcement matters, white-collar criminal litigation, and civil false claims litigation) and Katherine J. Seikaly (her practice is in government and internal investigations, regulatory compliance and enforcement matters, and related litigation, with particular focus on the False Claims Act (FCA)) made their appearance on behalf of Concord Management last month. They’ve made a bunch of discovery requests seeking non-public information — and, as Politico reports, the requests seem to be a calculated move:
[T[he move appeared to be a bid to force Mueller’s team to turn over relevant evidence to the Russian firm and perhaps even to bait prosecutors into an embarrassing dismissal in order to avoid disclosing sensitive information.
The prosecution tried to delay the arraignment, saying it was unclear if Concord Management had been properly served. They sought additional briefing on the question of proper service, and additionally brought up concerns that the three businesses indicted are thought to be run by Yevgeny Prigozhin, also indicted in his individual capacity, and known as Vladimir Putin’s “chef.”
“Until the Court has an opportunity to determine if Concord was properly served, it would be inadvisable to conduct an initial appearance and arraignment at which important rights will be communicated and a plea entertained,” attorneys Jeannie Rhee, Rush Atkinson and Ryan Dickey wrote. “That is especially true in the context of this case, which involves a foreign corporate defendant, controlled by another, individual foreign defendant, that has already demanded production of sensitive intelligence gathering, national security, and foreign affairs information.”
The team from Reed Smith disputed the delay — and used a fancy SAT vocab word to make their point:
“Defendant voluntarily appeared through counsel as provided for in [federal rules], and further intends to enter a plea of not guilty. Defendant has not sought a limited appearance nor has it moved to quash the summons. As such, the briefing sought by the Special Counsel’s motion is pettifoggery,” Dubelier and Seikaly wrote.
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And it seems U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich agreed the government’s position was pettifoggery. On Saturday, he ordered, with no further explanation, that the Wednesday arraignment would continue as scheduled.
Concord Management’s decision to go with Reed Smith is already paying dividends.
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47 Comments
5 years ago
Deep state getting Deep fried ? LOL !
Mueller is part of clinton mafia so going after Trump with fake cases .
Clinton mafia still active after Trump takeover as they kill another witness to email investigation http://tinyurl.com/y8p9cv5l
They know their hold overs in FBI / DOJ /NSC will help them out !
5 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
Andrew McCarthy has a write up explaining that, I think , because the doj is not in the Constitution, President Trump could abolish it ,or at least flush everyone out & start fresh!
5 years ago
Reply to
Thomas Faddis
I am not disputing Mr. McCarthy. However, the DOJ was created by Congress …. and placed it under the Executive Branch; with direct oversight and CONTROL to be held by Congress. President Trump could fire every employee of the DOJ, from the AG down, as that is his purview, under the authority given by Congress.
5 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Mueller behaves as though NO ONE has ANY over sight over him. This FISA court crap is really bad. It’s coming out more and more how that is being ABUSED and has been since it was created.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
And how come this “Court” of law doesn’t have the decency or b*lls to hold those who presented phony evidence, ie. fake dossier, etc., before it to explain how and why they did so, toss out this “evidence” and hold those who tendered the same in contempt, or at least employ one of these remedies, like any REAL Court would do. Obviously the FISA Court is NOT a REAL Court, is basically unaccountable to any legitimate entities, is totally UN-AMERICAN and should be ABOLISHED immediately. It appears that our “War on Terror” is really a War “OF” Terror and the real “enemy” is “We the People”, our Constitution, the rule of law, honesty and accountable of our government officials and the pursuit of justice.
5 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
That’s more what I was thinking though his article made a point of saying 3 times that it Wasn’t in the US Costitution.
5 years ago
Reply to
Thomas Faddis
Hi, Thomas Faddis. Three times or thirty, that article was correct. The DOJ was created by an Act of Congress.
5 years ago
Interesting, adjacent to pettifoggery (definition = underhanded trivial quarreling) was the actual legal term; douchebaggery! (definition = litigation), lol!
5 years ago
No worries comrade Mueller is used to play catcher on USSR women’s softball team
5 years ago
The democrats have been using the courts as a weapon of oppression. Now that there are reasonably unbiased judges in courts that are not kangaroos, there will be some legalities observed.
5 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
What is going on is very dangerous.
They have weaponized out rule of law and now
USE IT TO FIND A CRIME where there is none.
As they do this they destroy and bankrupt people with legal fees. Mueller has 10 million to run through. He has already used up 5 million. All this is meant to destroy TRUMP if they can’t prove anything and everyone around him to isolate him.
5 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Agreed. It is like a trashy marriage with an unfaithful spouse. The guilty party always accuses the innocernt one of being unfaithful in order to attempt to cover their tracks while soothing their guilty conscience.
5 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
Yes…. this is a widely used tactic of the liberturds…one of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for radicals. Blame your adversary of what you are doing.
5 years ago
Hard to carry the Russian Bogeymen narrative when the persons and companies you slandered come to court seeking justice isn’t it?
5 years ago
“[T[he move appeared to be a bid to force Mueller’s team to turn over
relevant evidence to the Russian firm and perhaps even to bait
prosecutors into an embarrassing dismissal in order to avoid disclosing
sensitive information.”
First the judge in Virginia, then this.
Things aren’t going as planned for tovarishes in the deep state.
5 years ago
Mueller should be ashamed of himself…and what he and Comey and their henchmen have done to the FBI.
5 years ago
Reply to
Defiant
It’s like musical chairs with the same corrupt people!
Rosenstein had 5 months to determine an outcome. He replaced Sally Yates in January 2017 and was sworn in in June 2017. Comey was fired on May 9, 2017 and Mueller met with Trump on May 16. Mueller was appointed SC the next day.
Rosenstein sought the FBI director job – and Trump said no. Rosenstein wrote the memo recommending the firing of Comey most likely to keep and cover up the corruption going on.
I read an opinion piece on The Hill that stated that Rosenstein asked Trump to appoint Mueller FBI director as well. But Trump said no.
It looks like it was Rosenstein’s intent to control who ran the FBI because he knew about all of the illegal conduct – the FISA abuse, the handling of HC’s email investigation and Uranium 1. Nothing he tried worked so on May 17, 2017, Mueller was appointed to being a special counsel investigation with overly broad parameters.
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5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
There is a stink here like a fish house- from top to bottom. How does one rid a swamp filled with gators by using other gators? We need ” swamp people ” who aren’t afraid to go after them or to do what needs doing. People like Sessions are starting to look dirty because they’re not doing their jobs, or maybe someone has got their nuts and they are afraid to act. Are good people too hard to find? Trey wants a simpler life and to spend time with his wife and kids – can’t fault him for wanting that but how many service men and women go overseas leaving their families behind never knowing how bad things might get or even if they will ever see them again. Your country calls, what’s your answer Mr. Gowdy – off to obscurity or into the fray ( I know it’s rhetorical, he has already said he would decline ), but it highlights the predicament – too few good guys with guns to shoot the bad ones.
5 years ago
Looks like the RUSSIANS are getting fed up with this crap too!
GOOD!
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
They want “discovery”. Mueller will be forced to turn over documents by court order. Last thing Mueller wants. Let the leaking begin.
5 years ago
Ha, ha, ha, ha………….the worm has turned. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander……….TS
5 years ago
5 years ago
Ah, and the conspiracy deepens. I fear the threat from within our own country is far greater than that outside it.
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
That is what Abraham Lincoln said, “America will never be destroyed from the outside…If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Hence Obama set up a couple of blocks from the WH with his aide-de-camp, Valerie Jarret working very hard with the deep state to see Trump gone.
5 years ago
Mueller ‘s bluff has been called. I predict he will say, never mind.
5 years ago
Now the other accused Russians ought to do the same.
5 years ago
Hilarious!
Dummies thought everyone was as freakin’ STUPID as they are!
Read my lips, “Prove it”!
5 years ago
Probably the lady Russian attorney who set up a meeting with Donald Jr. is lead attorney.
5 years ago
Ha ha ha, Mueller has had his bullshit called for what it is and now his law team are ducking and diving…What a load of horse shyte this whole “Russian’s hacked the elections” is, except that they are now going back to 2005 to indict Manafort…At this rate they’ll be wanting to prosecute Adam for eating the apple Eve gave him and interfering in Hillary’s chance to be president of USA.
5 years ago
Mueller is the henchman of the left. Bungling investigations since Anthrax 2001.
5 years ago
Since it has been obvious from the outset that Mueller’s team has no case but is groping to try to build one, their legal strategy has been reduced to “if you can’t fool them with facts, baffle them with bullsh*t”.
5 years ago
OOPS MUELLER MADE A HUGE MISTAKE ACCUSING THE RUSSIANS, THEY WILL TURN ON HIM NOW EXPOSE MUELLER AS THE ONE COLLUDING
WITH RUSSIANS ON URANIUM DEALS
5 years ago
Dems believe they can play with the truth, hide facts, screw with peoples’ lives to advance their agenda. But now the Russians are calling their bluff. Don’t fool with the Russians. They’re experts in the art of deception, manipulation of facts. The Dems are going to lose big on this one..
5 years ago
Hey Mueller have you ever been to Cuba? I hope you liked it because your new home might be Gitmo.
5 years ago
Mueller’s indictments of the Russians brings to mind the old phrase that “you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich”. Mueller wanted some results he could crow about and 13 “ham sandwich” indictments fit the bill because he believed that his team would never have to go to court and prove anything. I hope Mueller and his team will have to eat that crow and be exposed for the corrupt pukes that they are.
5 years ago
In this country, it is illegal to run an investigation on any citizen without SOME compelling evidence. This ‘Deep State Fishing Expedition’ has no bait and should be ended by Congress, the judiciary or maybe a special grand jury. IMO, Mueller should be indicted for the shady way he is extrapolating his original mandate. I see no difference between the “Deep State” and “Deep throat” as they are trying to suck the life out of our country for their own maniacal, power-controling, greedy interests. (If you are under 50, you probably have no idea what “Deep Throat” was. Search it.) Patriot? Go to website in my user name.
5 years ago
How can the collusion case be continuing when collusion is not a crime?
I hope all the candidates were laying the diplomatic groundwork with principal nations before the election, so they could have some sense of whether there policies were getting traction. That is not collusion. It is called communication. Communication, or the lack thereof, the worlds greatest problem.
5 years ago
A pettyfogger? “an inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices.”
“a fancy SAT vocab word”?? Or an accurate description of the Mueller collusion, special counsel fiasco.
5 years ago
The Russians hate Mueller too..
5 years ago
Looks like Mueller and his team got caught with their pants down on this one. They were expecting the Russians not to show up, thereby letting them run rough shod over the Russians, and win a prosecution due to not being challenged. Now is that really a motivation for someone seeking justice? I think he has a strong animus toward President Trump, and as the prophecy of Cyrus indicates it will come back on him ten fold!
