Kilroy2
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Lost in all the COVID panic is an important update on Mueller "indictment count"... When several of the Russian entities that Mueller indicted called his bluff and WANTED to show up for trial -- and WANTED a chance at discovery to prove the information was wrong -- I PREDICTED most of these charges would be dropped..
Mueller was running up the "indictment count" to amuse the Dem base... And a lot of the "intel" these trolls were indicted on was AS "iffy" as phony Russian Dossier...
So TODAY -- the DOJ cut and ran.. Because they NEVER EXPECTED that the "trolls" would EVER consider ANSWERING the indictments.. And I pointed out at the time that FILING those indictments was just a "show of force" for the media.. Because all America could do is refer those charged to the Intel Community for possible sanctions.. Which I don't think ever happened either... This is just ONE of the three "bundles of trolls" indicted, but I think more "cut and run" is in the works...
Justice Department moves to drop charges against Russians indicted in the Mueller probe
The Justice Department on Monday moved to drop its case against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities who were indicted as part of the former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election.
In a court filing, prosecutors accused one of those companies, Concord Management and Consulting, LLC, of taking advantage of the US legal process and discovery to try to harm national security. All the while, the filing said, Concord refused to comply with its own legal obligations under the US judicial system.
That included complying with court-issued subpoenas, ignoring a court order to make available a corporate representative, and submitting a "misleading (at best) declaration from an incredible declarant, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Russian oligarch and co-defendant who controls Concord and is alleged in the indictment as having funded and directed the defendants' election interference campaign."
How dare the accused ask the government for the evidence of the charges against them!
Exactly.. This is what Kilroy2 needs to understand.. And maybe if you take on that project, you could also explain to him why the Flynn case is NOT what we're talking about here.. It's even MORE COMPLICATED and botched by Fed prosecutors...
okay but Flynn is more fun and his situation is more relevant as he is here in the US
You want to focus on the Russians who were never going to show up but can fight the case without having to show up using their lawyers, They do not have a presence in the US
who are suspected to be part of Russian Intelligence, and as such will never be handed over to the US for trial
So why do it, well I guess it is the principal of the thing. I know what you did and don't go somewhere where you can be caught
So why show your cards now as they may be useful at a later date
Factors include for the withdraw is problem with classification of the evidence which would not be use and weaken the case and the lawyers would have a field day
but hey if trump wants to declassify this information then it can be used
Still there are secrets
It is suspected that someone in the U.S. intelligence had decided now that exposing such information in court would damage U.S. intelligence capabilities.
There was some concern about exposing sources used but since the Russians were going to show up well I can buy that its best to keep your secrets until a better time
In the end the classified information that was offered to the judge was sealed so in reality we do not know what was sealed
but hey Trump can declassify it
Still the question is did the Russians interfere using the Internet Research Agency
well Trump seems to believe that it wasn't the Russian but Ukraine so it seems he believe that there was some meddeling
The lawyers are claiming vindication because it not going forward but if the Russian want to show up then maybe there can be a trial
the indictment would remain in place against Prigozhin and 12 other Russian nationals, as well as the company alleged to have coordinated the online rabble-rousing, the Internet Research Agency
So the accusation still stands