# Incident I00015: ConcordDiscovery

* **Summary:** The Office of Special Counsel accused Concord Management (an IRA funder/handler) and its counsel of abusing the discovery process by leaking discovery materials under false pretences: the documents were altered; the documents were portrayed as material obtained by hacking, rather than legal process; the released documents are selected to maximize exposure targets and methods. 

* **incident type**: incident

* **Year started:** 2019

* **Countries:** Russia , USA

* **Found via:** 

* **Date added:** 2019-02-01


| Reference(s) |
| --------- |
| [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/new-mueller-filing-shows-how-russia-misuses-us-courts/581884/](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/new-mueller-filing-shows-how-russia-misuses-us-courts/581884/) |

 

| Technique | Description given for this incident |
| --------- | ------------------------- |
| [T0039 Bait Influencer](../../generated_pages/techniques/T0039.md) | IT00000053 journalist/media baiting |
| [T0044 Seed Distortions](../../generated_pages/techniques/T0044.md) | IT00000052 Circulate to media via DM, then release publicly |


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