You gave Mueller 3 points for this?
That's a mistake on my part. I know that 3 companies were indicted, one has chosen to answer. Wrong Concord entity.
Thanks, I'll fix it.
In all fairness, this one should still be a part of the list scored with -3 points because while it was an indictment, it was the government indicting the proverbial ham sandwich.
Herr Mueller brought an indictment against a company that did not exist at the time he alleges the crimes took place.
Bone-headed move.
You're also forgetting about Herr Mueller's pettifoggery in the Concord case. (See: Judge rejects Mueller's request for delay in Russian troll farm case - Russian firm linked to Putin’s chef accuses special counsel of ‘pettifoggery.’)
The Mueller team proposed that both sides file briefs in the coming weeks on the issues of whether Concord has been properly served.
In a blunt response Saturday morning, Concord’s attorneys accused Mueller's team of ignoring the court’s rules and suggesting a special procedure for the Russian firm without any supporting legal authority.
“Defendant voluntarily appeared through counsel as provided for in [federal rules], 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,” Dubelier and Seikaly wrote.
The '[federal rules]' refers to the acceptance of jurisdiction. Once a defendant sends a discovery request to the plaintiff (as Concord did) answer a summons (as Concord did) then the legal assumption is that the defendant acknowledges they have been properly served.
So, any delay on these grounds (as Mueller did) is pettifoggery. I like the Merriam-Webster definition of a pettifogger:
1 : a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable : SHYSTER