Maria Butina has been kept in solitary for months & widely dubbed a Russian spy. Her new plea deal has nothing to do w/:
-espionage, cause she's not a spy
-Trump-Russia collusion
It has to do w/ not registering as a foreign agent. She admits to this ⬇️:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/maria…
-espionage, cause she's not a spy
-Trump-Russia collusion
It has to do w/ not registering as a foreign agent. She admits to this ⬇️:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/maria…
She faces a conspiracy charge carrying up to five years in prison, likely carrying less. Don't be fooled by term "conspiracy", it has nothing to do with espionage here:
The fact that Maria Butina was widely -- and I stress widely -- falsely portrayed as a spy, subjected to misogyny, and caged in solitary confinement w/ no outcry underscores the Russophobia & neo-McCarthyism that propels Russiagate. A lot of people should be ashamed.
FYI, this is what I predicted earlier. I had forgotten she wasn't charged under FARA, but the similar Section 951. It's still a minor charge - defense expects her to serve just six more months.
