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US vs Maria Butina - Govt's Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Bond Review, reasons defendant’s motion should be denied
- Defendant Presents a Serious Flight Risk
- Evidence is Powerful
- History & Characteristics of Defendant Support Continued Detention
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Butina reported about US Person 2 (reportedly George O'Neill Jr) & described establishing an informal communication channel, and that "he is willing to finance these events" and "will sponsor the American part of the enterprise in Washington and New York"
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Butina communicated via Twitter DM with Russian Official (Alexander Torshin) about his visit to a US gun rights org (NRA) event in May 2016 - a unique opportunity to "help form [Political Candidate 2]’s correct view of Russian-American relations"
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US vs Maria Butina filing has references to 'Political Candidate 1' & 'Political Candidate 2', a March 2015 document "included a proposal to cultivate political contacts in the United States" and identified Political Candidate 1 as likely to become nominee
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On July 14, 2015 the Russian Official requested Butina send him a report about Political Candidate 1’s announcement of his candidacy for the Presidency. She did so the next morning.

(on July 13, 2015: Butina attended launch of Scott Walker's campaign)
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On Jun1 21, 2016 Butina was tasked with creating a report on “your perspective on the situation regarding [Political Candidate 2]” and US Person 1 (Paul Erickson) helped Butina draft the report that said Political Candidate 2 was likely to win the election
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Erickson email re: National Prayer Breakfast event "Reaction to the delegation’s presence in America will be relayed DIRECTLY to President Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (who both had to personally approve the delegation’s travel to this event)"
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On January 26, 2017 US Person 1/Erickson said about the National Prayer Breakfast “...last weekend Putin decided to up his official delegation – if we can accommodate them, we can empower rational insiders that have been cultivated for three years.”
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the defendant Maria Butina "does, in fact, have known connections to at least one suspected Russian intelligence official, as well as contact information saved in her phone associated with the FSB"
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"The government now proffers that it possesses additional photographs of the defendant and the Russian Official with the former Russian ambassador to the United States" & " defendant’s calendar shows a call with the former ambassador in May 2015"
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July 2016 after news Russia hacked emails US Person 1/Erickson said to Russian Official/Torshin “it complicates the hell out of nearly a year of quiet back-channel diplomacy in establishing links between reformers inside the Kremlin and" the GOP
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Manafort may have shared US campaign polling data w/Kilimnik

Manafort filing is not properly redacted & one section mentions:

"the Government’s allegation that Mr. Manafort lied about sharing polling data with Mr. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign."
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1. @maddow I looked at the Maria #Butina docket. No 71 that you addressed was followed by three other sealed documents. Usually motions are a single number with sub-parts so quite possibly these are substantive filings. Superseding indictment comes to mind. @Lawrence @Maddowbog Butina docket excerpt
2. I would look at Butina indictment and find a class of co-conspirators who might be charged. NRA possible. But we know she was really good at making friends in high places. 😎
3. I noticed that one of the missing documents was likely the December 17 minute order that this filing addressed. That was sealed but I guess after the errant disclosure in 71 they filed this in the clear.
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There's always more >> Accused spy Maria #Butina turned on her Russian charm to secure Russian jet fuel deal with David Keene, NRA president & prominent leader of the conservative movement, his lobbyist wife, & her boyfriend Erickson — The New York Times nytimes.com/2018/09/02/us/…
THREAD on sloppy NYT piece on #Butina. See @john_sipher who says she's not a professional spy but an 'access agent teeing up fools for Russia to compromise.' She develops access & provides targeting information to the professionals, so they know who's vulnerable, who to go after.
@john_sipher There are spies and there are spies. Russia has a dizzying array of intelligence agents, special services & proxies, formal professionals & informal agents like Maria #Butina. @KirkseniyaSF reviews some of the nuances in @KyivPost kyivpost.com/article/opinio… cc @SethAbramson @nytimes
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So Maria #Butina also hit up JD Gordon, Trump campaign natsec adviser who notably changed GOP platform on Ukraine to pro-Russia position. (Erickson sounds like her handler and pimp in this WaPo story about her final weeks of 2016 campaign) washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
JD Gordon once said Trump campaign was too disorganized to collude with Russians. Yet he fell right into Butina's honey pot. As I've said before, disorganized and stupid coupled w/ desperation is precisely what made team Trump easy prey for Russian spies.
A simple google search would make you wonder about #Butina. Gun rights are an absurdity in Russia, where more basic rights are lacking. She hangs with Torshin, a Kremlin banker w/ mob ties. But instead of calling FBI, Trump aide Gordon invites her to drinks & a Styx concert (yup)
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What a Russian disinformation campaign looks like: gaslighting, lies, whataboutism and the requisite FU trolling—to deny, distract, dismay. #Butina is literally now the face of Kremlin MFA. Complete w/ hashtag #FreeMariaButina—while Russia jails political prisoners¡!#FreeSentsov
btw This crazy "#FreeMariaButina" disinformation campaign advanced directly from the Russian Foreign Ministry kinda proves US was right to argue Russian diplomats might scoop her up, making her a flight risk. Kudos to prosecutors & judge for the right call rferl.org/a/guns-sex-and…
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A criminal complaint was *unsealed today* in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General. justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
Maria Butina, 29, a Russian citizen residing in DC, was arrested on July 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C., and made her initial appearance this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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