Date: July 10th, 2019 10:18 AM
Author: Curious abode
District Court Judge seemed to disagree. From the article (https://www.law360.com/articles/1176283/barr-mueller-broke-rule-beat-sanctions-in-russian-troll-suit )
In March, Mueller and the DOJ issued the public report on the alleged election tampering by Russia, mentioning Concord’s alleged roles. Soon thereafter, Concord asked the court to sanction Mueller and Barr, alleging that they violated court rules.
It claimed that the report unfairly linked the company to the Russian government, which it did not do in its indictment, and that it unfairly prejudiced the company by assigning guilt to it before a jury weighed in.
Judge Friedrich agreed, according to the unsealed opinion.
“By attributing IRA’s conduct to ‘Russia’ — as opposed to Russian individuals or entities — the report suggests that the activities alleged in the indictment were undertaken on behalf of, if not at the direction of, the Russian government,” she said.
She called the government’s decision to claim a link between the defendants and the Russian government “significant and prejudicial.”
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4249560&forum_id=2#38509436)