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Don Moynihan @donmoyn
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Russian National Mariia Butina arrested by DoJ for "infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian Federation."
Here is a pic of her with Gov Scott Walker. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Butina is the protege of Alexander Torshin, a Putin ally. All it took for them to win access high level GOP politicians was to present themselves as pro-gun advocates anxious to help the NRA nytimes.com/2017/12/03/us/…
At a time when Gov Walker was seen as a frontrunner for the GOP nomination, Butina was attending Walker events motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Butina's group was also the one that flew David Clarke to Moscow
Just checked Walker's handle and still no comment about his connection to Russian spies. However, there is this:
Finally a response from Gov Walker's office: my connections with Russian spy greatly exaggerated
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