Mueller cooperator fears retribution from Russia

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By JOSH GERSTEIN 09/27/2018 12:05 AM EDT

A California man who admitted to unwittingly facilitating Russian interference in the 2016 election and later cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the subject now fears for his safety, the man's attorney said in a court filing Wednesday,

Richard Pinedo, 28, is set to be sentenced next month for selling bank account numbers to Russian internet trolls who used the numbers to buy web ads aimed at advancing President Donald Trump's campaign and fomenting strife among Americans during the contentious election.

In a bid for leniency, defense attorney Jeremy Lessem argued that Pinedo has experienced harassment and death threats over his walk-on role in the Mueller probe. Lessem also suggested that Pinedo has curtailed his activities because fears he could be the victim of attack by Russia, Russian sympathizers, or their opponents.

"The mere act of providing publicly incriminating evidence against Russian nationals accused of undermining an American presidential election is not an undertaking one embarks on lightly, no matter what potential benefits may result," Lessem wrote in a sentencing filing Wednesday. "Indeed, in a time when those critical of Russia are being murdered, and those who defend Russia in the United States are threatened with violence, Mr. Pinedo’s cooperation with the investigation was an act that directly undermined his, and his family’s, safety."

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/27/muller-probe-pinedo-russia-846220

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Brought it on himself. What does he expect? Serves him right. Don't do the crime if...

you can't do the time. You undermined our elections, you POS.

[ffr]

2. Note: We are in a time when those critical of Russia are being murdered

It won't be long before the Russian mob state becomes the United States' mob state and Americans are being murdered for being critical of certain other Americans.

If you vote or help conservatives, this will be the new reality. Or you could be a patriot and vote for normalcy by voting for democrats. It's just that simple. It is just that simple.

[lagomorph777]

4. +1

[FakeNoose]

5. I have an idea - we could just deport the Russian mob

Why do they get to stay here, and all the other immigrants get abused and kicked out?

Just sayin'

[90-percent]

3. Russians hunting down and assassinating Mueller witnesses in the United States

Now we got a witch hunt with LIFE OR DEATH consequences!

Treason has consequences.

-90% Jimmy

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. It has been suggested that the Skripal poisoning was meant as a message to Mueller witnesses

or those in the Trump campaign to keep their mouths shut. Just speculation as far as I know, but it's not impossible.