How alleged Russian agent Maria Butina gained access to elite conservative circles wapo.st/2zJUYmg?tid=ss…
Butina told the Senate Intelligence Committee that she began a romantic relationship with longtime Republican political operative Paul Erickson. 🍯 
Remember this? Erickson and Butina established a company called Bridges LLC. And we now know she had requested $125,000 from Erickson to participate in major GOP conferences. #ticktock
Butina’s work in her role as a graduate student at American University attracted notice as well. She sparked alarm at one Washington-area civil rights group in June 2017, when she asked to interview the group’s director about its vulnerability to cyberattacks for a school project
