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Judge appoints 'firewall' counsel to review Mueller documents for sensitive information
The Hill ^ | 08/06/1 | Morgan Gstalter

Posted on 08/06/2018 6:07:54 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

A judge agreed to appoint an independent “firewall” lawyer to review pretrial evidence related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s case against Russians who allegedly interfered in the 2016 election.

The evidence will be screened for possible national security issues before it is turned over to a Kremlin-linked defendant, Bloomberg News reported Monday.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich approved the request for the counsel because Mueller is concerned with providing evidence to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a wealthy Russian businessman and longtime associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Department of Justice’s legal team warned against Prigozhin gaining access to “sensitive” evidence.

That evidence would include details about the government’s investigation, identities of people and companies that are cooperating and personal information on Americans who were victims of identity theft, the outlet noted.

Prigozhin and his firm, >B>Concord Management and Consulting LLC., were indicted as part of Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling during the presidential election.

Concord, through attorney Eric Dubelier, pled not guilty to one count of defrauding the U.S. government. It is the only Russian entity — out of three — to respond to the charges filed by Mueller's team earlier this year.

The company provides food services to the Kremlin and Putin reportedly frequents other restaurants he owns.

The Russian businessman has been dubbed “Putin’s chief.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acherrytreetoofar; dncjudicialactivist; election2016; fedjudgepresident; juckthefudge; mueller; obama; russia; thebabyharpsealcure; thelawisinmymouth; trump; witchhunt
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To: Karl Spooner
Trust us. The evidence that you can’t see proves you are guilty.

If the government gives in on this, the next thing ya know, the accused peasants will be clamoring for the right to know who their accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against them...   thinking face

21 posted on 08/06/2018 6:44:50 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: yesthatjallen

Should be that if the defense can’t see the evidence then the court and jury cannot either. If the prosecution can provide the evidence then they should drop the case and apologize to the defendant.


22 posted on 08/06/2018 6:50:24 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: raiderboy

These liberal socialists demand all kinds of equal treatment for every illegal here? What is their problem with the Roosky. He is just an illegal.


23 posted on 08/06/2018 7:10:53 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Dems rarely serve in combat.)
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To: Paladin2

“Too bad Sessions is not woke to the issues of his Dept.”

My impression is that many people here, and in Session’s constituency, had/have faith in him because as a senator he voiced support for issues that they believe in. That’s entirely understandable, but life is complex, as are people, and he can say those things and still be a self-promoting political animal. It’s just a sad and disappointing reality.


24 posted on 08/06/2018 7:43:20 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: kiryandil

The judge is a Trump appointe, too.


25 posted on 08/06/2018 7:44:15 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: yesthatjallen

double super secret....
..... but is any of it true?


26 posted on 08/06/2018 7:47:19 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Lumper20

Russians are Christians (73%). They just whipped Isis with the Syrians and the Shiites.Thry have a huge pipeline with Germany.!


29 posted on 08/06/2018 8:09:37 PM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.ith the solar)
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To: ping jockey

#28. I’m with you re “ I am growing tired of “measured responses”.

Did we use a “measured response” after the attack on Pearl Harbor? Hell no! We declared war on the whole Japanese Empire and the Axis Alliance in Europe, and then smashed them to bits.

Doolittle and his bombers didn’t deliver a “measured response” when the bombed Tokyo, nor did we give a measured response at Hiroshima and Nagaski, Dresden, Ploiesti, Normandy, the Bulge, or at Anzio.

NO MORE MEASURED RESPONSES REGARDING CORRUPT MUELLER AND HIS DEMOCRAT AUTHORITARIAN MINIONS. All out war until they are defeated and jailed.


30 posted on 08/06/2018 8:15:23 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: yesthatjallen

Remember that Muller is supposed to be Independent.

The word has no meaning anymore.


31 posted on 08/06/2018 8:24:01 PM PDT by Revel
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To: RightGeek

You are on trial but the evidence against you is secret.

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Perhaps hasn’t yet been imagined.


32 posted on 08/07/2018 3:12:20 AM PDT by Joe Bfstplk (A Texas Deplorable. How unfortunate tar and feathering has been abandoned.)
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To: Joe Bfstplk

They have to find out what your defense is before they can invent the evidence against it.


33 posted on 08/08/2018 1:55:51 AM PDT by fluorescence
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