Gather around, time to discuss the long forgotten case of David Asimov.
>David Asimov, son of Science Fiction writer Isaac Asimov, busted in 1998 for the 'biggest child porn bust in Sonoma County history'
Sonoma County is part of the Northern District of California, which was headed by Robert S. Mueller from 1998 to 2001.
>3,000 - 4,000 tapes of child porn collected by police, as well as sophisticated equipment that is used for taping and duplicating
>Deputy District Attorney Gary Medvigy says he "had evidence to show Asimov distributed child pornography through
The incident was reported in SFGate back in 1998, but no information on litigation was ever made public. The court case is likely sealed, would require a FOIA request to reopen.
The biggest reason why this old case matters is because at the time, Robert S. Mueller was the US Attorney to that exact district. If there's evidence that the prosecution of that case was in any way influenced by Mueller personally, it is in the direct interest of the public to know the extent thereof, especially considering he is heading a Special Counsel investigating the sitting President of the United States.
This is important, user. Asimov's attorney was arguing that there was no intent to distribute, due to David's "introverted nature". The Judge in this case was Maxine Chesney, US Attorney was Robert Mueller. There's plenty of wild speculation on various forums, but speculation isn't enough.
Here is the SFGate article:
And here is where you can submit a digital FOIA request:
foiaonline.regulations.gov
I filed my request under the "Executive Office for United States Attorney" section, but it may actually fall under the "National Archives And Records Administration" section.