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."
Notably, the filing continued to say that based on consideration of these circumstances, "and particularly in light of recent events and a change in the balance of the government's proof due to a classification determination," and other details outlined in a classified addendum to the filing, the Justice Department decided to drop its case.
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You have to wish they had as much respect for the USA and the Constitution.
