BREAKING: US charges Russian national Maria Butina with being a foreign agent

[Miles Archer]

BREAKING: Maria Butina, deputy of Russian Senator Alexander Torshin, and woman who asked Trump question about sanctions in late 2015 has just been arrested and charged with being an agent of Russia.

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US charges Russian national with being a foreign agent
CNN Digital Expansion 2018 Adam S. Levine
By Adam Levine

Updated 3:16 PM ET, Mon July 16, 2018

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/us-charges-russian-national-maria-butina/index.html

Washington (CNN)The US government charged a Russian national with being a spy for the Russian government in the US and developing relationships "with US persons and infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics."

Maria Butina, who was involved with a Russian gun group that the National Rifle Association was supportive of, was arrested on Sunday and appeared in court in Washington, DC to Monday, according to the Justice Department.

[dalton99a]

1. A Russian connection for the NRA

[OliverQ]

2. For the record, this was out of the DC US attorneys office

not Meuller's team.


However, a very interesting statement in the charge says that she was establishing a very close link between the Kremlin and key members of the GOP in Congress.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Direct tie to Trump

She was the one asking Trump to reduce or eliminate the Obama era sanctions.

[MarcA]

4. At first thought it was Maria Bartiromo. One can hope. n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Page 5 and 11 of the Affidavit in Support of an Application for a Criminal Complaint are key.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download

[deminks]

6. for "infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics..."

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BREAKING / NBC News: DOJ announces the arrest of Russian National Mariia Butina, age 29, for "infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian Federation." She was arrested yesterday.

[lapfog_1]

7. visuals help comprehension

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. They've met.

[WhiteTara]

9. Yeah. In jail. That is great.

She should have lots of words about the NRA to share with Robert Mueller.

[Stallion]

10. Wow Just read the Whole Document-Political Party No. 1 and NRA Have Been Infiltrated- are Complicit