Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Mueller: Putin Ally Could Get Info About U.S. Efforts To Stop His Ongoing Crimes

By Tierney Sneed | June 26, 2018 6:04 pm

Special counsel Robert Mueller in court filings Tuesday raised concerns that a Russian oligarch known as “Putin’s chef”  could get access — via the discovery process in the criminal case against his firm — to sensitive materials, including “information that could thwart the ongoing efforts of the United States to “prevent his continuing criminal activity in Russia and elsewhere outside the United States.”

The filing came in the case that Mueller has brought against Russian individuals and entities accused of facilitating Russia’s election meddling on social media, and in particular, in a back-and-forth between Mueller and the only co-defendant in the indictment who has shown up in court to face the charges.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/mueller-putin-ally-could-get-info-about-u-s-efforts-to-stop-his-ongoing-crimes

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