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…
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.”
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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
US vs Mariia Butina - "government has shown by a preponderance of the evidence that no condition of release or combination of conditions would reasonably assure Defendant’s appearance"
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