‘Nude selfie’ among evidence seized by Robert Mueller, says indicted Russian firm with links to Vladimir Putin
- Concord Management, owned by Russian businessman Yevgeniy Prigozhin, mentioned the nude photo in a court filing
- The company is accused of bankrolling Russian efforts to sway the 2016 US presidential campaign in Donald Trump’s favour
A Russian company accused of bankrolling efforts to disrupt the 2016 US presidential campaign says that a “nude selfie” is among the materials collected by special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation.
A lawyer for the firm, Concord Management and Consulting, made an offhand mention of the purported photo in a court filing on Thursday.
“Could the manner in which [Mueller] collected a nude selfie really threaten the national security of the United States?” lawyer Eric Dubelier said in the filing. The document provides no further details on the selfie, such as who is depicted in the photo and when or where it was taken.
Concord is owned by Yevgeniy Prigozhin, a Russian businessman and restaurateur known as “Putin’s chef” due to his close relationship to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The firm has pleaded not guilty to a February indictment charging it, 13 Russian individuals and two other companies with conspiracy in an effort to trick Americans online into following and promoting Russian-fed propaganda that pushed 2016 voters toward then-Republican candidate Donald Trump and away from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.