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NewJeffCT

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Thu Nov 15, 2018, 03:23 PM Nov 2018

U.S. judge rejects move to dismiss Mueller indictment against Russian firm

Source: Politico

Special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday scored a legal victory after a federal judge denied a Russian firm’s motion to dismiss charges against it.

Judge Dabney Friedrich, who President Donald Trump appointed to the U.S. District Court of D.C. last year, shot down the motion from Concord Management and Consulting, a St. Petersburg-based firm that prosecutors say financed and organized an army of internet trolls and social media ad buys as well as other tactics to try and sow discord in the U.S. and aid Trump’s candidacy for president.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/15/russia-mueller-investigation-court-992325



This is a TRUMP APPOINTED JUDGE that upheld the legality of the special counsel indictments

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/15/russia-mueller-investigation-court-992325
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U.S. judge rejects move to dismiss Mueller indictment against Russian firm (Original Post) NewJeffCT Nov 2018 OP
K&R red dog 1 Nov 2018 #1
Judge John Sirica, of Watergate fame, was also a DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #2

DeminPennswoods

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2. Judge John Sirica, of Watergate fame, was also a
Thu Nov 15, 2018, 06:39 PM
Nov 2018

very conservative jurist, but sometimes these conservative judges really do believe in rule of law.

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