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Butina’s closest tie to US is US Person 1..”but she appears to treat that relationship as simply a necessary aspect of her activities.”
Govt filing: “Butina Appears to Have Ties to the Russian Intelligence Services” assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4609…
Govt filing portrays Butina using Erickson for cover/connections. says they went to u-haul to rent moving truck day after 12 GRU indicted
Who is US Person 2?
This suggests ‘US Person 2’ in yest. butina gov doc is Rockefeller heir George O’Neill, Jr. medium.com/@LaddEveritt/f… assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4609…
#pt not confirmed USP2 ID.
O’Neill wrote 4/17 on dinner he hosted with Russian officials and US conservatives
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fascinating. don’t remember National Security Advisers having traveling press in tow, but am sure to be corrected. apnews.com/96e123b294684f…
as understand, there is a Bolton/Pompeo split on how much to observe Trump’s order for a full withdrawal. former resisting. 2/
So Bolton bringing press to Israel might be seen as way to try to lobby for POTUS to reconsider 3/
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Trump on if US exit from Syria hurts Israel: “I don’t see it that way. I spoke w/Bibi. I told Bibi, you know we give Israel $4.5 BN a year 1
“& they are doing very well at defending themselves. We’ll always be there for Israel. I’m the one that moved the embassy 2/
”to Jer’m. I was the one who was willing to do that.So that’s the way it is we are going to take great care of Israel. Israel is going to 3/
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each year, @AlMonitor has its stable offer predictions for coming year. 100 words max. my first line, sent couple days ago, really 1/
I predict continued turmoil emanating from the Trump administration, and sense of uncertainty (and frustration) for US partners 2/
and foes about the direction of US foreign policy. 3/
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“Russian Official” appears to be Alexander Torshin....Under his direction, the agreement said, she “sought to establish unofficial lines of communication w/Americans having power and influence over U.S. politics.”

Oh she's talking about you @DanaRohrabacher ! You're fahked! 😁💩
@DanaRohrabacher "The gov't has alleged that U.S. Person 1 “worked with Butina to arrange introductions to U.S. persons having influence in American politics,” including high-ranking members of the NRA and organizers of the National Prayer Breakfast..."

OOPS.
@DanaRohrabacher "Butina’s Russian gun rights group “Right to Bear Arms” hosted a delegation of former NRA presidents, board members and major donors in Moscow in 2015, where she appears to have succeeded in arranging a meeting between NRA insiders and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov..."
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Maria Butina’s bail hearing is getting under way. Feds recently released explosive new allegations against her in a bid to keep her jailed. huffingtonpost.com/entry/maria-bu…
Prosecutors have argued she’s a flight risk, citing among other factors, her alleged “ties to the Russian Intelligence Services” and other Russian billionaires. She also recently tried to move money out of the U.S. and appeared to be packing up her belongings, feds say.
They’ve also released more salacious details, alleging she was the live-in girlfriend of a well-known GOP operative who helped her secure meetings with high-level officials in conservative politics.
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Butina’s major U.S. political contact – and apparent lover – allegedly “visited a U-Haul truck rental facility” the day before her arrest, suggesting for the first time a rationale for the timing of her arrest” thedailybeast.com/maria-butina-w…
“FBI surveillance over the past week has confirmed that Butina has access to funds and an intention to move money outside of the United States,” prosecutors wrote in the filing.”
Her contact information, recovered by the FBI, includes “individuals identified as employees of the Russian FSB,” including an email account with an “FSB-associated domain.”
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Federal prosecutors say Mariia Butina, facing charges "for her role in a covert Russian influence operation" should be detained until her trial. She is "an extreme risk of flight."
Interesting: Prosecutors say Butina didn't think much of her relationship with the American they described in the indictment as Person 1. "She appears to treat that relationship as simply a necessary aspect of her activities."
DOJ says accused Russian agent Mariia Butina, who they said sought to set up a secret back channel between Moscow and the Republican party, "appears to have ties to Russian intelligence services," including several FSB officers.
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Prosecutors say that the person reported to be GOP operative Paul Erickson, with whom Butina reportedly told the Senate Intel Committee she had a romantic relationship, was used. "...she appears to treat that relationship as simply a necessary aspect of her activities."
"The FBI has uncovered evidence during the course of executing several search warrants that, during the course of her deployment to the United States, Butina was in contact with officials believed to be Russian intelligence operatives."
"For example, on at least one occasion, Butina offered an individual other than U.S. Person 1 sex in exchange for a position within a special interest organization."
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