GOP lawmaker dined with alleged Russian agent
BY JUSTIN WISE - 07/26/18 04:27 PM EDT
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) once dined with the Russian woman who was indicted earlier this month on charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Moscow, according to ABC News.
The network reported on Thursday that Rohrabacher’s office confirmed he met with the then-28-year-old Russian at French eatery Bistro Bis in Washington, D.C., in February 2017.
In addition, federal officials told ABC that Butina had arranged a meeting two years earlier in St. Petersburg that Rohrabacher attended.
The report comes about a week after Rohrabacher first admitted he met with Butina while visiting Russia with a congressional delegation in August 2015. Rohrabacher pushed back against its potential significance, though, saying he was joined by another U.S. lawmaker, along with other Americans ...
http://thehill.com/homenews/399068-gop-lawmaker-dined-with-alleged-russian-agent-in-dc-report
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