Maria Butina, the alleged Russian agent, has been moved to solitary confinement

[DURHAM D]

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[underpants]

1. Don't. Eat. The. Soup.

Just saying.

[Cosmocat]

2. She is SO going to sing ...

and will have L O T S of dirt on a L O T S of GOPers ...

[erronis]

3. And those further up her food chain. NRA/FSB

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Not sure about that

Putin's goons are not exactly kind to Russians who turn. Like Paul Manafort, she may prefer jail to what awaits her if she sings.

[Cosmocat]

10. This twit isn't built for prison

Same as Hope Hicks, she will sing like Adele.

Buttina probably knows enough witness protection might be on the table.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Always trying to

work the system. Do recall a Certain Bundy Family member doing the same in Portland. And the Feds told him see you in the Hole. Where he ended up until his trial.

[femmedem]

5. Solitary confinement is torture.

Torture? For giving an inmate her lawyer's number?


I don't approve of torture. I don't believe the ends justify the means.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. Depends on the intent, I think.

(1) Was Butina trying to help an inmate get a good lawyer for her own case or
(2) Was Butina trying to set-up a conduit to her lawyer through this inmate.

[DURHAM D]

9. Pretty sure it was # 2. nt

[Ilsa]

13. Butina was probably creating a cutout. nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. No one deserves solitary confinement.

[GulfCoast66]

11. In prison, looking at years of it, I agree.

And might agree here. But if someone is in jail, not prison, denyed bail as a flight risk is then caught violating communication rules, Pre-trial, well, I still might agree with you. But need more information before I conclude totally.

Does solitary in jail equal that in prison? What was she trying to communicate? Are they worried about an attempt to silence her, ie Whitey Bulger?

But I do normally think solitary, like the death penalty, is a human rights violation. Can’t help it, I’m a liberal!

[McCamy Taylor]

12. Might be to save her life. What if her attorney was going to pay her cell mate to kill her.

For all we know Putin may have a huge contract out on her life. I think it is protective custody.

[Ilsa]

14. That's a possibility, too. nt