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EXCLUSIVE: Paul Erickson, the boyfriend of alleged Russian spy Maria Butina, finally lawyered up thebea.st/2E04y67
Erickson has been under federal investigation for months.

Butina was indicted back in July, and the federal charging doc all-but-named Erickson in its accusations thebea.st/2E04y67
Sources say Erickson struggled to cobble together funds to pay for representation and asked law school classmates for attorney recs thebea.st/2E04y67
The U.S. attorney's office in South Dakota is currently leading a fraud investigation into Erickson's past business dealings and the FBI has questioned people who know him thebea.st/2E04y67
"He’s lying low. It's been several months of this waiting around," a close friend of Erickson's told The Daily Beast. "He is a smart guy and understands what could be coming" thebea.st/2E04y67
Despite the ongoing investigations and his reported ties to Butina's activities, Erickson frequently visits her in jail thebea.st/2E04y67
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