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A DC grand jury has indicted Maria Butina, following her arrest and the criminal complaint filed yesterday. The indictment charges Butina with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, and adds a new charge "acting as an agent of a foreign government.
The second charge carries a 10 year maximum sentence, in addition to the five year maximum for the conspiracy charge: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4609…
As expected, prosecutors argue in a detention memo released today that Butina presents "extreme risk of flight."
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The Senate Intelligence Committee has sent a letter seeking to interview Randy Credico, who Roger Stone claims was his WikiLeaks connection. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
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The FBI said Flynn lied. Flynn, in his guilty plea, also admitted he lied. But this Trump citation marks a banner day for the idiotic but unkillable idea that it's exonerating for Flynn that, before obtaining evidence showing that Flynn lied, FBI agents didn't know he was lying.
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Breaking now on @MSNBC.
JUST IN: Court documents: Two of Michael Flynn's business associates, Bikan Rafiekian (Bijan Kian) and Kamil Alptekin, indicted for alleged conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and other charges; case tied to efforts to extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Two of Michael Flynn's business associates indicted for alleged conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and other charges; case tied to efforts to extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen.

@PeteWilliamsNBC reports.
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🚩NEW: Accused Russian agent Maria Butina exchanged over $300,000 in suspicious bank transactions with a Republican operative, @BuzzFeedNews reveals buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
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offer the first detailed look at how an accused foreign agent and a Republican operative financed what prosecutors say was a Russian campaign to influence American politics.
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US vs Mariia Butina Detention memorandum in support of detention -
1st offense conspiracy to act as agent of a foreign govt is punishable by up to 5 yrs imprisonment, 2nd offense acting within US as agent of that foreign govt is punishable by up to 10 yrs documentcloud.org/documents/4617…
Defendant’s counsel claimed that Butina “stands accused of nothing that is unlawful but for a regulatory filing requirement that the Government alleges was violated.”
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4617…
Judge Deborah Robinson found argument is misplaced. Butina is not charged with failure to timely register as a foreign agent; rather, she has been indicted for conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, and acting within the US as an agent of that foreign government
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#BREAKING

Maria Butina charged with “Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government”

Charges include exploiting “personal connections with U.S. persons having influence in American politics”

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 justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
Maria Butina has OPENLY bragged about being involved in communications between the Trump team and Russia.

@timkmak wrote up this piece on her last year:

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Maria Butina and her mentor, Alexander Torshin, served as nodal points of connection among the @NRA, the Kremlin, and the Trump administration.

@markfollman and Denise Clifton wrote this #MUSTREAD piece and brought ALL the receipts earlier this year:

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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.
justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
Mariia Butina Criminal complaint - Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government - from 2015 or earlier up to the present
Item 2d: To infiltrate organizations active in US politics in an effort to advance the interests of the Russian Federation
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Affidavit in support of criminal complaint - Mariia Butina
US Person 1 met Butina in Moscow around 2013 and worked with Butina to jointly arrange introductions to US persons, including organization promoting gun rights (aka the NRA)
justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
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DOJ charges Maria Butina with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation in the United States (Here's our page on her: themoscowproject.org/players/mariab…)
justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
"Butina worked at the direction of a high-level official in the Russian government who was previously a member of the legislature of the Russian Federation and later became a top official at the Russian Central Bank", aka TORSHIN

themoscowproject.org/players/alexan…
Per @motherjones, Paul Erickson "an NRA member and longtime conservative Republican operative from South Dakota" has known Butina "at least since 2013." motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
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