Maria Butina Was Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Act As An Unregistered Russian A

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Source: BuzzFeed.News

Maria Butina Was Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Act As An Unregistered Russian Agent
Butina pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent in the United States for the Russian government. She'll get credit for the nine months she's already served.


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Last updated on April 26, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. ET

Posted on April 26, 2019, at 11:11 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON - Maria Butina, the Russian gun rights activist who pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent for the Russian government in the US, was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison, although she'll credit for the nine months she's already served.

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she agreed with prosecutors that Butina wasn't just a graduate student trying to learn about the US political system -- but rather was gathering information about Americans who could influence US policy and relaying that information to a Russian official for the benefit of the Russian government, at a time when Russia was trying to interfere in US elections.

"This was not a simple misunderstanding by an overeager foreign student," Chutkan said.

Butina will be deported from the United States once she completes her prison sentence. Once that happens, she won't be allowed to ask for permission to come back to the United States for 10 years.
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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Think of this as an 18 month stay of execution.....

Because when Maria Butina goes back to Russia, she is as good as Dead as far as Putin is concerned.

[cstanleytech]

15. Depends on what she actually revealed if anything and Putins mood.

If she did not truly reveal anything major and if he has a potential use for her then she will not be assassinated, robbed or helped to jump off the top of a building.

[JonLP24]

19. I don't know

Russian Embassy Twitter account has a Free Maria Butina avatar. They could be happy with the work she did.

[yaesu]

2. During the cold war she would have gotten 40 yrs at least. nt

[Me.]

3. Good

Barr was trying to interfere with the case and just let her go back to Russia, glad he didn't prevail

[sarcasmo]

4. Maria Butina sentenced on the same day the NRA and Trump are having a rally in Indiana.

[watoos]

5. What a fucking joke,

18 months sentence for a spy, 18 years wouldn't have been enough. Why are Americans going along with this bs overtaking of our country? Where is the outrage from Democrats?

[KPN]

6. Exactly. WTF is going on with these paltry sentences for essentially treasonous acts and

espionage against the USA.

Are these all GOP judges?

[Lock him up.]

13. It's a death sentence since she will get murdered by Putin's thugs

as soon as she will cross Russia's borders or not long after.

[Sherman A1]

18. Agreed

Far too little.

[Lonestarblue]

7. Democrats in the House need to subpoena her before she finishes her sentence.

Much of the Russian part of Mueller’s report was redacted, so they need her testimony in case Barr drags out the release of the full report until she has been deported back to Russia.

[SunSeeker]

8. I hope they call her soon. She'll be back in Russia in about 9 months. nt

[duforsure]

11. Unless Putin has his puppet trump

Give her a pardon to get rid of her in Russia by Putin. They don't want her talking to Congress , and Barr is in deep trouble for his actions. Barr will be facing some serious charges for his conspiring.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Definitely do it before she leaves the country,

because she's likely gonna be killed by Russia as soon as she leaves. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if she gets killed while she's still here, and in some ways I'm surprised she hasn't been already.

[orangecrush]

17. +1

[catbyte]

9. All of these sentences so far have been a fucking joke.

[wishstar]

10. What good is her cooperation if no Americans are charged with conspiracy or campaign violations

Just like with the Mueller probe, these lenient sentences based on cooperation so far are not providing either a sufficient deterrent and punishment or resulting in further indictments of Americans for conspiracy with Russians or Republicans for campaign finance violations while NRA seems to be going ahead full team with their propaganda supported by Russia to keep Repubs in power.

[Mr.Bill]

14. She'll be out and headed back to Russia

before Trump's term is up.

[MurrayDelph]

16. Thank god she wasn't doing serious damage

like driving around with a broken tail-light.

[FailureToCommunicate]

21. +1 !!!

[JonLP24]

20. Putin

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