A Russian businessman known as “Putin’s chef” submitted a sworn affidavit to a U.S. court, insisting that one of his companies fighting criminal charges of interfering in the 2016 election fully complied with a judge’s order to turn over certain records
A Russian businessman known as “Putin’s chef” submitted a sworn affidavit to a U.S. court on Wednesday, insisting that one of his companies fighting criminal charges of interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election had fully complied with a judge’s order to turn over certain records.from Yevgeny Prigozhin, a gourmet restaurateur turned military contractor, was unusual in several respects. Russian companies without operations or funds in the U.S.
While the case was seen by many experts as a “name and shame” publicity effort that would never lead to any further legal action, Concord’s move has put the U.S. government in the position of having to prepare to make its evidence public. A trial for the firm is set to open early next month. Friedrich, a Trump appointee, said she doubted that the response was complete and she ordered a representative of the company to show up in her courtroom for a hearing on Monday. None did, although Dubelier said he was prepared to assure the judge privately about the steps the company had taken to comply.
In the declaration on Wednesday, written in Russian and accompanied by an English translation, Prigozhin cited various reasons why the firm doesn’t have most of the categories of files that prosecutors demanded. He said the company keeps its emails for only 90 days or less. Outside contractors who handled the company’s internet connection no longer have records of the IP addresses the firm used, he asserted.
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