BREAKING! A Russian national named Mariia Buttina was just arrested and arraigned on charges related to her work "developing relationships with U.S. persons and infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics."
(hint: the NRA, et al.)
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(hint: the NRA, et al.)
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Buttina has been on Trump watchers' radar for a while. She has a long history of showing up in cozy circles like this meeting with WI Gov. Scott Walker.
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Butina is big into guns... and loves to talk about guns and gun rights to people who care about those kinds of things.
Hmmm....
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Hmmm....
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Sure sounds like the Department of Justice just snared someone with connections to the money flow into efforts to lobby Republicans and Republican special interests.
dakotafreepress.com/2017/03/27/mar…
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dakotafreepress.com/2017/03/27/mar…
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...but then again, maybe this was what the DOJ have an interest in:
Butina bragged that she was part of the Trump Campaign's communications network with Russia during the election.
Smells collusiony.
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Butina bragged that she was part of the Trump Campaign's communications network with Russia during the election.
Smells collusiony.
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We'll get more on this but Butina has lots of ties to lots of people.
Half of them have last names ending in things -ov and -avrov. The other half are Republicans.
Things are heating up.
Peripheral players are getting pulled into the net.
Fish are getting caught.
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Half of them have last names ending in things -ov and -avrov. The other half are Republicans.
Things are heating up.
Peripheral players are getting pulled into the net.
Fish are getting caught.
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