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USA v. INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY LLC et al
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.