A conspiracy so vast… by Scott Johnson

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 Posted on October 11, 2018 by Scott Johnson in Law, Robert Mueller, Russia investigation
A conspiracy so vast…

This past February Special Counsel Robert Mueller brought the dramatic indictment against Russian actors allegedly responsible for interference in the 2016 presidential election. The Department of Justice has posted the indictment online here. Politico covered the indictment in a good story by Michael Crowley and Louis Nelson. The indictment charged three Russian companies and 13 Russian individuals with election related crimes.

I don’t think anyone (including Mueller) anticipated that one of the defendants would appear in court to defend against the charges. Rather, Mueller seems to have obtained the indictment to serve a public relations purpose, laying out the case for interference as understood by the government and lending a veneer of respectability to the Mueller Switch Project.

Mueller certainly thought that the Russian defendants would avoid any appearance in an American courtroom. When Concord appeared through counsel to defend the case, however, Mueller’s team expressed doubt that it has properly served the indictment on Concord. We noted at the time that has to be a first. It is certainly a new one on us.

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https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/10/a-conspiracy-so-vast.php

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Here's a link to the base article: https://www.weeklystandard.com/eric-felten/a-conspiracy-so-vast

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Mueller certainly thought that the Russian defendants would avoid any appearance in an American courtroom. When Concord appeared through counsel to defend the case, however, Mueller’s team expressed doubt that it has properly served the indictment on Concord. We noted at the time that has to be a first. It is certainly a new one on us.

Of course they weren’t properly served.  There was no way to do it, given the fact the defendants were in Russia and their legal/diplomatic systems weren’t willing to be of assistance.  Defense counsel accused the Mueller team of ‘pettifoggery’ over the summons status, then hilariously agrees their clients hadn’t been properly served.


“Defendant voluntarily appeared through counsel as provided for […] 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,” wrote Dubelier and Seikaly.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/concord-management-and-consulting-pleads-not-guilty-to-mueller-charges


Dubelier, who represents Concord Management alongside Kate Seikaly, also said his client had not been “properly served" by Mueller's office.

In a court filing Saturday, Concord Management’s lawyers again argued that the summons had not been properly served and criticized Mueller’s team for moving to have arraignment moved because they would not be physically present.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/concord-management-and-consulting-pleads-not-guilty-to-mueller-charges


You can’t have it both ways.