USA v. INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY LLC et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:18-cr-00032

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Firms

  1. March 16, 2020

    DOJ Gets Mueller Indictment Against Russian Firms Tossed

    A D.C. federal judge late Monday granted federal prosecutors' request to throw out an indictment former special counsel Robert Mueller lodged in 2018 against two Russian firms for bankrolling a social media disinformation scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and boost President Donald Trump's candidacy.

  2. March 02, 2020

    Reed Smith Atty Lashes Out At Judge's Order To Russian Co.

    A squabble broke out in a D.C. federal courtroom Monday after an attorney for a Russian firm facing charges for bankrolling a troll farm to boost Donald Trump's 2016 presidential candidacy shouted at a judge considering civil contempt charges against his client for ignoring trial subpoenas.

  3. January 24, 2020

    Russian Troll Farm's Alleged Funder Can't Escape Subpoena

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday granted prosecutors' bid to subpoena a Russian company indicted by former special counsel Robert Mueller for allegedly funding a disinformation campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election, just months before a jury trial in the case is set to begin.

  4. September 16, 2019

    Russian Trolling Case Tentatively Set For April 2020

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday penciled in April 6 of next year as the start date of a jury trial for a Russian company that former special counsel Robert Mueller charged with running a disinformation campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election in favor of then-candidate Donald Trump.

  5. August 12, 2019

    Judge OKs Limits On Accused Troll Farm's Discovery Access

    A D.C. federal judge has ruled that prosecutors are justified in their bid to limit how a Russian company accused of running a 2016 disinformation campaign may access certain discovery outside of the U.S.

  6. July 08, 2019

    Barr, Mueller Broke Rule, Beat Sanctions In Russian Troll Suit

    U.S. Attorney General William Barr and special counsel Robert Mueller violated a court rule when they made extrajudicial statements about a Russian company accused of funding a 2016 disinformation campaign during the presidential election, but they do not deserve sanctions, a D.C. federal judge said in an order unsealed Monday.

  7. May 24, 2019

    Feds Must Detail Violations In Russian Troll Farm Case

    A federal judge on Friday ordered prosecutors to give a Russian company accused of funding a 2016 disinformation campaign more detail on how the actions allegedly skirted laws requiring disclosures on campaign finance and foreign lobbying.

  8. March 26, 2019

    Russian Co. Has Enough Info On Interference Case, Feds Say

    Federal prosecutors pushed back Monday against a Russian company's request for more information about special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment accusing it of conspiring to influence the 2016 election, saying the detailed allegations are more than enough.

  9. February 13, 2019

    No Bias In Skadden FARA Deal, Judge Tells Russian Co.

    A Russian company criminally accused of a "wide-ranging conspiracy" hindering enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act cannot look to the government's civil settlement with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP over FARA violations earlier this year as proof of prosecutor bias against Russians, a Washington, D.C., federal judge said Wednesday.

  10. February 05, 2019

    Feds Blast Russian Co.'s Skadden FARA Case Comparison

    The federal government said Tuesday a Russian company criminally charged with thwarting enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act cannot claim it's been unfairly singled out by pointing to a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP deal following the firm's own FARA violations.

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