California GOP Congressman Rohrabacher met with accused Russian agent Maria Butina in St. Petersburg
Source: East Bay Times
Orange County GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Russia in 2015 with a woman later charged by federal officials for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of the Kremlin in a covert endeavor to shape American politics.
News of the 2015 meeting — confirmed Tuesday by Rohrabacher’s office — came the same day he told Politico that Monday’s indictment of 29-year-old Maria Butina was “bogus” and “stupid,” saying he believes the allegations are part of a larger plot to undermine President Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia.
The Justice Dept. accused Butina of establishing back-channel lines of communications to American politicians in recent years “to penetrate the U.S. national decision-making apparatus to advance the agenda of the Russian Federation.”
The indictment states that as part of that plot, Butina had discussions with a Russian official – reported to be Alexander Torshin, an influential deputy governor of the Russian central bank – about his plans to “meet with a U.S. Congressman during a Congressional Delegation trip to Moscow in August 2015.”
Read more: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/07/18/orange-county-congressman-rohrabacher-met-with-accused-spy-in-russia/
NBC reports this: Accused Russian agent Mariia Butina tried to trade sex for influence, say prosecutors
The "Red Sparrow" scenario was unveiled in a memorandum that laid out reasons why prosecutors believe Mariia Butina, 29, should remain jailed until trial.
Butina — who allegedly conspired with a Russian politician and banker to push Moscow's agenda in the U.S. — is due in federal court in Washington on Wednesday afternoon for a detention hearing. The judge refused her request to wear civilian clothing and forego handcuffs for the appearance.
In arguing that Butina is a flight risk, prosecutors said her only tie to the U.S. is a "personal relationship" with an unidentified man — which is branded "duplicitous," suggesting she was using him for her own means. According to The Washington Post, the man’s description matches that of Republican operative Paul Erickson.
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It's much more likely there are probably multiple hard drives, solid state memory devices, and DVDs of it, along with the Pee Pee tape and tRump pledging loyalty to Putin and Russia. 
Folks, this may be the introduction to the main event we've been waiting for. Bless Robert Mueller...it's been maddeningly slow, but I think the man has put together an air tight case. Rohrabacher, Manafort, Stone...they're all going down. Hard. And they're so arrogant and used to getting by with lying and cheating, they have no idea the ax is really gonna fall. As Trump watches the dominoes fall, he's going to become more and more unhinged.
This is gonna be great. Really should have invested in popcorn futures. 
I see what you did there 