Government Violated D.C. Local Rule in Concord Management Case, Court Finds

Vishnu Kannan
Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 11:04 AM

On July 1, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling in United States of America v. Concord Management & Consulting LLC (related to the Internet Research Agency case) limiting public statements about the case in the future. The court ruled that, because the Mueller Report released to the public information about the case not included in the original Internet Research Agency indictment, the government violated Local Criminal Rule 57.7(b).

On July 1, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling in United States of America v. Concord Management & Consulting LLC (related to the Internet Research Agency case) limiting public statements about the case in the future. The court ruled that, because the Mueller Report released to the public information about the case not included in the original Internet Research Agency indictment, the government violated Local Criminal Rule 57.7(b). The order, which was unsealed on July 8, is available here and below.


Vishnu Kannan is a 2L at Stanford Law School. Previously he was the advisor to the president at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a researcher at Lawfare and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University where he studied international relations, political theory and economics.
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