No comments about the Mueller teams's 'fun' interactions with the Federal courts last week?

I was especially impressed with the "I was given super secret oral instructions that serve as my basis for bringing and overseeing charges dealing with actions from 10 years ago." That makes *everything* clear and unambiguous.

Also really impressed with the Mueller response to one of the alleged Russian hacker firms when they actually had the temerity to respond. Of course, the putative defendant asked for discovery (which they are entitled to) as part of their appearance and answer -- Mueller responded with:

Quote:“Until the Court has an opportunity to determine if Concord was properly served, it would be inadvisable to conduct an initial appearance and arraignment at which important rights will be communicated and a plea entertained.”

The sharp counter to that was provided by the Defendant as

Quote:“[Concord] voluntarily appeared through counsel as provided for in [the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure], and further intends to enter a plea of not guilty. [Concord] has not sought a limited appearance nor has it moved to quash the summons. As such, the briefing sought by the Special Counsel’s motion is pettifoggery.”

Either Mueller's team has an extremely limited and bar-fail understanding of the Rules, or is playing 'hide the wishbone' in a really fing stupid way with a defendant who is in court as Mueller's behest. So class --- i) idiots; or ii) playing a horseshit game?

Maybe actual discovery falls under the 'super duper double secret oral instruction mandate' that the team invoked in the other case last week.
[/end bloviating mode]