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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,767 posts)
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:39 PM Dec 2018

Supreme Court halts fines against mystery company possibly linked to Mueller investigation

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary administrative stay of contempt sanctions that have been brought against an unknown company in a mysterious grand jury subpoena fight thought to be linked to special counsel Robert Mueller.

The move is a fairly procedural one, and gives the federal government until Dec. 31 to respond. Roberts, or all of the Supreme Court, could easily decide to lift the stay even before then, depending on how soon as it hears from the federal government.

However, the stay is not relief against the grand jury subpoena, but rather a contempt citation brought by the federal government against the company, known only as "the Corporation."

"The Corporation," which is owned by a nation identified only as "Country A," has thus far refused to comply with a grand jury subpoena issued in federal court in Washington in a case that has remained extremely secretive.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-halts-fines-against-mystery-company-possibly-linked-to-mueller-investigation/ar-BBRmJ6c?li=BBnbcA1

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Supreme Court halts fines against mystery company possibly linked to Mueller investigation (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 OP
"Corporations" have special rights under the US Constitution according to the SCOTUS McCamy Taylor Dec 2018 #1
This is a foreign corporation DeminPennswoods Dec 2018 #2
Why elections matter... we hafta get 2020 right! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2018 #3

DeminPennswoods

(15,265 posts)
2. This is a foreign corporation
Mon Dec 24, 2018, 12:06 AM
Dec 2018

If I had to guess, it could be Bank of Cyprus, maybe Alfa Bank, the Russian entity that was mysteriously communicating with the Trump Org marketing email server.

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