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BREAKING: Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina pleads guilty engaging in conspiracy against US
cnn.com/2018/12/13/pol…
"Maria Butina, 30, became the first Russian national convicted of seeking to influence US policy in the run-up and through the 2016 election as a foreign agent, agreeing to cooperate in a plea deal with US investigators"

I wonder what she knows...
washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
Confessed Russian agent Maria Butina claimed more than five years ago that her gun-rights group had entered into a “signed cooperation agreement” with the NRA, according to a contemporaneous account of a talk Butina gave to an Israeli organization. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
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#BREAKING Maria Butina pleads guilty—the first Russian national convicted of trying to influence US policy during the 2016 election. She infiltrated top American political circles using guns (NRA), religion and Republicans. washingtonpost.com/news/politics/…
Maria #Butina pleads guilty to engaging in conspiracy against US - CNNPolitics cnn.com/2018/12/13/pol…
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