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applegrove

(118,749 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:30 PM Jan 2019

Trump-appointed judge defends Mueller, scolds lawyer for Russian firm

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-appointed-judge-defends-mueller-scolds-lawyer-russian-firm-n955756

By Charlie Gile and Rich Schapiro

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I thought your brief was inappropriate and unprofessional and ineffective," Friedrich told Dubelier. "You have undermined your credibility in this courthouse."

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Concord Management was one of three companiescharged last February with carrying out a multimillion-dollar social media disinformation campaign designed to sow discord among U.S. voters and boost Donald Trump's campaign.

Mueller's team said the funding for the effort was provided by Yevgeniy Prigozhin, one of the wealthiest men in Russia and a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin's.

Lawyers for Concord Management have been fighting to get the charges dropped, arguing in part that the company did not knowingly break the law.

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Trump-appointed judge defends Mueller, scolds lawyer for Russian firm (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2019 OP
And Rachel explained it all tonight... Ink Addict Jan 2019 #1
Oh. I Don't get MSNBC on the tv. applegrove Jan 2019 #2
 

Ink Addict

(36 posts)
1. And Rachel explained it all tonight...
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:48 PM
Jan 2019

with yet deeper roots into a murder-for-hire case in....drum roll please.... a North Carolina Russian bagman with a cash/weapon cache, a mansion, and an adulterous wife. Whoa...heads exploding...

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