BREAKING: Maria Butina, deputy of Russian Senator Alexander Torshin, and woman who asked Trump question about sanctions in late 2015 has just been arrested and charged with being an agent of Russia.
This is the biggest news of the Trump-Russia probe.
In April, I exclusively reported that the Kremlin discussed support for Maria Butina as she visited NRA headquarters in 2014. Today, the DOJ confirms she is a Russian government spy. medium.com/@ScottMStedman…
Butina has relationships with all of the following: David Keene, Sheriff Clarke, NRA President Pete Brownell, and others. She is a Russian spy.
Maria Butina (Russian spy) paid for @SheriffClarke's 2015 trip to Moscow, the same week as the Flynn/Stein RT dinner.
The affidavit is absolutely stunning and surreal. A Russian spy penetrated US conservative circles. justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
Butina to US PERSON 1 in March 2015: a major political party (POLITICAL PARTY 1) "would likely obtain control over the U.S. government after the 2016 elections."
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Let's back up for a second. As of just a few weeks ago, NSO Group said that Pegasus *physically* couldn't operate on Israeli phone numbers. That massive lie is confirmed by this investigation and it is being buried. BUT
How much can we trust the Israeli investigation of their own use of Pegasus? There are obvious conflicts.
"Defendants’ misconduct has...instigated calls around the world for the imposition of additional sanctions and investigations into the pervasive misuse of Defendants’ products to commit human rights abuses." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Apple's discovery wishlist is... 👀
"NSO’s contacts with U.S.-based clients and potential clients" is particularly interesting. Apple is on the record saying NSO had U.S. clients now... Are they referring to FBI, which, by all accounts, didn't actually deploy anything?
I filed a FOIA request in 2020 seeking "All email correspondence with the keywords "Westbridge Technologies", or "NSO Group" including attachments, from 1st January 2015..."
NYPD said they were "unable to locate records responsive to your request."
Here's their response: "In regard to the document(s) which you requested, this unit is unable to locate records responsive to your request based on the information you provided." a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/F…