Posted on 05/05/2018 8:38:18 PM PDT by Mariner
A federal judge has rejected special counsel Robert Mueller’s request to delay the first court hearing in a criminal case charging three Russian companies and 13 Russian citizens with using social media and other means to foment strife among Americans in advance of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
In a brief order Saturday evening, U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich offered no explanation for her decision to deny a request prosecutors made Friday to put off the scheduled Wednesday arraignment for Concord Management and Consulting, one of the three firms charged in the case.
The 13 people charged in the high-profile indictment in February are considered unlikely to ever appear in a U.S. court. The three businesses accused of facilitating the alleged Russian troll farm operation — the Internet Research Agency, Concord Management, and Concord Catering — were also expected to simply ignore the American criminal proceedings.
Last month, however, a pair of Washington-area lawyers suddenly surfaced in the case, notifying the court that they represent Concord Management. POLITICO reported at the time that the move appeared to be a bid to force Mueller’s team to turn over relevant evidence to the Russian firm and perhaps even to bait prosecutors into an embarrassing dismissal in order to avoid disclosing sensitive information.
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He's a hit man, outside the law.
Amen!
“In a brief order Saturday evening”
Saturday eve.?
And to think Mark Steyn can’t get Mikey Mann on the hook for million$ after 6 years of Judge duty shirking.
“In a brief order Saturday evening”
Saturday eve.?
And to think Mark Steyn can’t get the offensive left winger Mikey Mann on the hook for million$ after 6 years of Judge duty shirking.
In before “Q predicted this!” horseshiite.
Herr Mueller, eventually, always loses in court when the law is applied.
He’s a hit man, outside the law.
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That’s right. And the main purposes of Trump’s tweets and complaints and objections has been to encourage Mueller to carry on. Those tweets and objections were simply some rope being fed to Mueller to hang himself.
How dare the Russians create strife and divide Americans for an election! Don’t they know that is the Democrats job?
Mueller’s team wanted the attorneys for the company he is going after to write briefs on whether their was proper service...even though those attorneys said they had received it.
The judge was having none of it. It was an absurd request.
Mueller also does not want to turn over docs to the defense attorneys. Some thought that rather than produce them, Mueller would drop the case against the company.
“Mueller’s team wanted the attorneys for the company he is going after to write briefs on whether their was proper service...even though those attorneys said they had received it.
No. That’s not what is going on here. The Summons has nothing to do with anything. It’s no more necessary here than your plane ticket would be after you’ve boarded your flight and taken off.
The Politico article is written by someone who doesn’t know how jurisdiction works.
For a court to get personal jurisdiction over a defendant, the Defendant either has to be lawfully served with a Summons AND a Complaint, or VOLUNTARILY appear. Once the Defendant voluntarily makes a “general appearance”, Jurisdiction is obtained. The summons has no further role.
There is a thing called a “special appearance” or “limited appearance”, where the Defendant (more likely his attorney) shows up for the sole purpose of quashing the service of the Summons, saying either “your Summons is no good, or you failed to lawfully serve it, so you have no personal jurisdiction over me”. But a GENERAL appearance is a submission to jurisdiction.
You will have made a general appearance if you have done anything to fight the “merits” of the case. For example filing an answer denying you did it, or saying that the Complaint is defective, or by SERVING DISCOVERY on the Plaintiff.
I kept asking myself why are we hearing about summons being sent, or sent and refused, or not properly being processed, when the Defendant ALREADY made a general appearance by serving discovery.
The answer is, the author of the article is clueless.
Here’s the money quote, five paragraphs in. This is the ONLY thing that counts:
“”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”
I bet the ChiComs just love this. The Chinese have infiltrated just about every aspect of the U.S. and we are so worried about the Russians. It’s as if the Chinese orchestrated this. maybe they did.
In before “Q predicted this!” horseshiite.
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Q did predict it. The post predicting it will be up tomorrow. /s
I kept asking myself why are we hearing about summons being sent, or sent and refused, or not properly being processed, when the Defendant ALREADY made a general appearance by serving discovery.
The answer is, the author of the article is clueless.
Here’s the money quote, five paragraphs in. This is the ONLY thing that counts:
“”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”
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Good clear explanation — thanks!
And, IMHO, EVERYTHING about Mueller and his team is pettifoggery.
I thought that was what I said but recognize you have specific legal expertise.
Mueller's biggest mistake was to treat Trump like he was some Joe Schmo from Kokomo.
Trust the plan!
Q
Mueller may have hired a boatload of Democratic lawyers, but they clearly were not chosen for their mastery of the law.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000163-3131-d4e8-a5ff-b7732a9e0000
Good! Time to start shutting down this NAZI BS.
Hahaha. Mulehead and his pit bull are better at no knock, guns drawn 6am searches than they are at actually following criminal legal procedures,but then we knew that already.
I recall ol' Rod Rsentwat had his three minutes of fame in front of the cameras on this case, assuring us he had those nasty old Russkies on the carpet for their election meddling?
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