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skip fox

(19,357 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 11:36 AM Jul 2018

Who is the unnamed American in the Maria Butina indictment?

According the The New York Times, he was "a Republican political operative nearly twice her age," for whom she showed increasing disdain.

Any guesses?

(Do I smell Dana Rohrabacher?)

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Who is the unnamed American in the Maria Butina indictment? (Original Post) skip fox Jul 2018 OP
Paul Erickson blondebanshee Jul 2018 #1
Wasn't he named? spooky3 Jul 2018 #3
Nope oberliner Jul 2018 #8
The Fixer, Cohen? imanamerican63 Jul 2018 #2
Paul Erickson populistdriven Jul 2018 #4
wow skip fox Jul 2018 #6
The pair in February 2016 established a South Dakota Business blondebanshee Jul 2018 #5
I think there are many UNMENTIONED Americans also implicated in that case... lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #7

blondebanshee

(353 posts)
1. Paul Erickson
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 11:38 AM
Jul 2018

Paul Erickson is an American conservative political operative and lawyer who has been involved in several Republican presidential campaigns.[1][2] He has strong ties to the National Rifle Association and Russian interests and, as of 2017, was subject to federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.

blondebanshee

(353 posts)
5. The pair in February 2016 established a South Dakota Business
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 12:05 PM
Jul 2018

together called Bridges LLC, though public records do not indicate its purpose nor any financial transactions.

[link:http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-maria-butina-paul-erickson-russia-ties-20180718-story.html|

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
7. I think there are many UNMENTIONED Americans also implicated in that case...
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 04:18 PM
Jul 2018

Who knows how many Greedy Old Perverts she's slept with?

Mueller does.

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