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Mon Jul 23, 2018, 07:58 AM Jul 2018

Paul Erickson Is Our Duke Of The Week

By Kate Riga | July 21, 2018 9:00 am

This week Mariia Butina, the Ginny Weasley of illegally acting as a foreign agent, has understandably sucked a lot of air out of the room with her sudden arrest and the revelation that the FBI has long had her in its sights.

But her sidekick, her main squeeze, the Harry to her Ginny, Paul Erickson has his own alleged part in the plot and an absolutely bonkers backstory to boot.

Note: Erickson was not explicitly named in the charges brought against Butina, but the description seems to closely match his history and role in her life.

Erickson has had a long and storied past, getting his start in politics through college Republicans. His career since then has been varied and often bizarre, including writing a comedy routine to help get Ronald Reagan reelected, producing an anti-communism film and being an agent for John Wayne Bobbitt, a Virginia native who experienced an abrupt separation from a much-valued body part (a.k.a. his wife hacked off his penis while he was sleeping).

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/paul-erickson-is-our-duke-of-the-week

So this is the person that got the whack..............................

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