Special Counsel Robert Mueller asked a federal judge Tuesday to reject the four-decade-old speedy trial law in the case against 13 Russians and three Russian companies and has asked for an indefinite delay to the Russian collusion trial.
It is the second time Mueller tried to delay the trial. Judge Dabney L. Friedrich, a Trump appointee, rejected the earlier request without comment and ordered the case to go forward.
One of the Russian companies — Concord Management and Consulting — entered the U.S., hired American lawyers, and demanded a speedy trial. The Speedy Trial Act is a 44-year old federal law that dictates that a federal criminal case must begin within 70 days from the date of the indictmnet.
The “complexity” of the case warrants excluding the speedy trial law and delaying the trial, Mueller argued in Tuesday’s court filing.I guess if Mueller wasn't ready to prosecute the case, then he shouldn't have brought forward the indictments. What was the rush if he didn't have his ducks in row? Certainly it wasn't a political move to garner some positive news at a times when his counsel was under scrutiny?
But hey, I guess the law is the law is the law, unless you are law enforcement in 2018. Then apparently they all see themselves as "above" the law. At least when Donald Trump is concerned.
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The President is above the law in your increasingly demented opinion.
uh huh?
Because Mueller does not have the ability to prosecute a case against someone he indicted...
You believe this has to do with Trump?
What sort of meds are you on, Rog?
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