Mueller Scores a Win in Prosecution of ‘Putin Chef’s’ Business
- U.S. judge denies Concord request to throw out indictment
- Concord, others accused of conspiring to roil U.S. election
Yevgeny Prigozhin
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A U.S. judge denied a request from a Russian company controlled by an associate of Vladimir Putin to dismiss charges that it conspired to interfere with the 2016 election.
It’s a win for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who charged the firm, Concord Management and Consulting LLC, and 13 Russian nationals with a conspiracy that involved Russians fraudulently posing as Americans in 2016 and flooding social media with messages promoting Donald Trump or denigrating his opponent, Hillary Clinton.