Mueller Pushes Back at Russian Firm's Bid to Wriggle Out of Charges

Special Counsel Robert Mueller pushed back against the Russian company in his crosshairs over alleged interference in the 2016 election on Tuesday, telling a federal judge in Washington that the conspiracy charges he filed against the firm aren't dependent on prosecutors proving its ["]election interference["] was a crime.
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"The indictment alleges that a purpose of these manifold acts of deception was to frustrate the lawful government functions of the United States," the filing states. "Those allegations are sufficient to support the charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States regardless of  whether the defendants agreed to engage in conduct that violated [the Federal Election Campaign Act] or [the Foreign Agent Registration Act]."

< pick teeth, suck vigorously >
Reckon the last one out of the office gon' title the bill the "Mueller Act of 2019." And other purposes.

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