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🚨🚨🚨 DOJ arrested of Russian->NRA connection Mariia Butina for "infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian Federation." Here's her whole shady history: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Torchin not named in the indictment but pretty clear it's him...
This comes the day Trump said that Russia didn't hack GOP b/c their defenses were better. They did hack (including RNC) and influence peddle, but they had different aims with the material.
Butina, now arrested for espionage, has long interactions with Sheriff Dave Clarke, the president of the NRA and other NRA officials...and she once got Trump to say he'd lift sanctions against Russia. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
New details on the indictment of Maria Butina here: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
And lets not forget that Butina met with Wisconsin @GovWalker twice. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
And let's not forget John Bolton appeared in a video for Butina's group: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
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1/ After joining in the pile-on for @AP_Politics bad tweet, I want to back up and explain what @AP is, how vital it is to world-wide journalism, the strains that it is under and how they are representative of the greater journo crisis. If I mess any point up, please lmk...
2/ First, the @AP is a non-profit. It is not trying to meet insane shareholder demands. It is there to continue it's particular, insanely hard and important mission even as the news gets tougher to report and pay for.
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I would read a media story about why they continue to be so unrelentingly bad at this.
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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…
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#BREAKING: DOJ says Russian national Mariia Butina arrested, charged in “conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States”

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