Judge Allows Mueller Case Against Russian Company to Proceed

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2017. Reuters/Joshua Roberts

A judge on Aug. 13 backed Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the federal Russia investigation, allowing a case to proceed against a Russian company accused of helping fund a propaganda operation to meddle in the 2016 election.

Judge Dabney Friedrich, in an opinion filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, rejected an argument by the company, Concord Management and Consulting LLC, that Mueller was unlawfully appointed and lacked prosecutorial authority.