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The sudden move of the "Russian Redhead" from a DC jail to the same Virginia hoosegow that is home to Manafort is interesting. I've been thinking about that, in between reveling over Trump's buddies spending years in prison.
Maria Butina knows lots and lots of stuff. She was palling around with the NRA and associating or consorting with all sorts of Republicans. It's reported that she traded certain favors for access to all kinds of people, events and venues. With a coy smile and her Russian accent, I'm sure she charmed lots of GOP gentlemen of note. National Security Advisor Bolton has even been named as someone she knows, in one sense or another.
So, now, she's in the slammer. Who is she talking to? And about what? She's a nobody, really, but she's facing some serious charges, that could lead her to receive a free stay in a federal gated resort. Besides, she might be in some danger from Putin's friends, who don't mind taking folks out of public view on a permanent basis.
So, is she playing the Red Canary role to DOJ investigators there in Virginia? Is she spilling her guts to forestall a long sentence and maybe get into the Witness Protection program? I think that might be the case. Right now, she's not in the news, since she's just a side-player, but she clearly knows stuff. Perhaps she's singing sweetly into an investigator's ear, even as we focus on other scandals.
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)tweet tweet.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)I'm sure there are many cruel things that happen to people in Russia, but that's pushing the envelope.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)"There are worse things than polonium poisoning." Hmmmm, "Fucking John Bolton" isn't on it. Color me surprised.
mitch96
(13,904 posts)Lets say a "red white and blue" sparrow got caught in Russia under the same circumstances. Would an American spy flip? Maybe hope to be used as a bargaining chip in a spy swap? Endure torture?
I think she's gonna hold out and pray for a miracle...
On another note could tRump "pardon" her for crimes??
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)MineralMan
(146,313 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)what lowlife. republican Skanksters against America
MineralMan
(146,313 posts)GOP bigwigs, and seems to love the NRA and guns.
Isn't she just TOO cute?