Unexpected Turn for Mueller After Indicted Russians Show Up in Court

Former U.S Attorney for the District of Columbia Joe diGenova said Special Counsel Robert Mueller was "not ready" to be called into court by Russian interests he previously indicted.

DiGenova said that at least one of the more than a dozen Russian individuals and companies Mueller indicted earlier this year effectively called his bluff on holding further litigation.

DiGenova said Mueller likely indicted the Russian interests because he "needed something Russian" to be charged in his probe, and that since they are from another country, they would be unlikely to fight back.

"One of the Russian companies sent them to court [over the charges]," diGenova said, adding that Mueller's team then "objected strenuously" to that news.

Tucker Carlson asked if such a situation could be bad for the probe into President Donald Trump.
DiGenova said the judge in the Russians' case told Mueller it must now go to trial since the defendants are willing to litigate.

He said the Russian company wants "a lot of [legal] discovery," which could include documents and the like.

DiGenova said the probe has now become Deputy Attorney General "Rod Rosenstein's monster-in-spades."  (Fox News Insider)

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Well sure, we filed an indictment. And yeah, we took a victory lap in the big bells-n-whistles Main Justice press conference. But that doesn't mean we, like, intended to have a trial... That seems to be the Justice Department's position on its mid-February publicity stunt, the indictment of 13 Russians and three Russian businesses for interfering in the 2016 election.

So . . . guess what? One of those Russian businesses, Concord Management and Consulting, wants its day in court. It has retained the Washington law firm of Reed Smith, two of whose partners, Eric Dubelier and Katherine Seikaly, have told Mueller that Concord is ready to have its trial - and by the way, let’s see all the discovery the law requires you to disclose, including all the evidence you say supports the extravagant allegations in the indictment.

Needless to say, Mueller’s team is not happy about this development since this is not a case they figured on having to prosecute to anything more than a successful press conference. So, they have sought delay on the astonishing ground that the defendant has not been properly served - notwithstanding that the defendant has shown up in court and asked to be arraigned. (National Review)