Mueller's Investigation is FALLING APART!
He's Now Seeking a Delay For His Biggest Indictment
Mueller's Russia probe is unraveling more and more each day.
Not only is he facing massive scrutiny from a federal judge overseeing the Manafort case,
but now, Mueller's team is seeking to delay the first court hearing in a criminal case
against three Russian companies and 13 Russian nationals, after one of the parties involved
called Mueller's bluff.
From Washington Examiner
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is attempting to postpone the first court hearing
related to charges against several Russian companies and Russian citizens that they say
attempted to use social media to meddle in the 2016 election.
Mueller's office earlier this year revealed that the 13 Russian nationals were indicted
on charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Additionally, three defendants were charged
with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and five were charged with aggravated identity
theft.
Those charged were not expected to appear in the U.S. court.
However, last month, two Washington-area lawyers alerted the court that they represent one
of the businesses that was charged, Concord Management, according to Politico.
Mueller's team wants a delay because it's unclear whether the lawyers from Concord Management
formally accepted the summons from the court case.
Judge Dabney Friedrich has not issued a ruling on the request and has not approved a delay
of the court hearing, but she did instruct Concord's attorneys to respond to Mueller's
filing by Monday.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing Mueller's probe, revealed
in February that the alleged meddling by the Russian businesses and citizens started in
May 2014 and that the Russian groups created posts, ads, and organized events on social
media platforms by using names of Americans and other entities.
The ads primarily were found to be primarily in opposition to Democratic nominee Hillary
Clinton, but at times were against President Trump.
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