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A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General. justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
This is huge news. Here's my thread on Maria Butina and her infiltration of the NRA.
I'm pretty confident that it's not a coincidence that the complaint against Maria Butina was unsealed today. This goes straight to... Trump himself. #TickTock
Butina helped set up a meeting between Russian banker/politician/criminal/Putin-ally Aleksandr Torshin and Donald Trump Jr. on the sidelines of a May 2016 NRA event in Louisville.
Maria Butina was arrested on Friday and is being accused of "infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian Federation." Oh boy 😳
Remember, the Russians were trying to establish a secret back channel with Trump through the NRA in May 2016 according to this email from Paul Erickson to Rick Dearborn & Jeff Sessions. They sought to make “first contact” at the NRA convention. 👇
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A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General.
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A criminal complaint was *unsealed today* in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General. justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
Maria Butina, 29, a Russian citizen residing in DC, was arrested on July 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C., and made her initial appearance this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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💥Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States - Mariia Butina, 29, a Russian citizen residing in Washington D.C., was arrested on July 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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Mariia Butina Criminal complaint - Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government - from 2015 or earlier up to the present
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Affidavit in support of criminal complaint - Mariia Butina
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