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With Maria Butina pleading guilty to conspiracy against the US at the direction of Alexander Torshin, and working with Paul Erickson, reminder of two people to keep on the radar - US Person 2 George O'Neill & Pro-Russia ex-congressman Dana Rohrabacher
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The September 2018 Government's Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Bond Review doc on Maria Butina included most of the key items that are now being reported on related to Butina's guilty plea - highlights in this thread
Info in this thread on Russian billionaire Konstantin Nikolaev who backed Maria Butina as she launched her gun rights group in Russia in 2012-2014

Nikolaev was on the board of American Ethane, a Houston company showcased by Trump at a 2017 event in China
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With speculation about the arrest of Paul Whelan as a ploy for a swap with Maria Butina - another name to keep an eye on is Konstantin Yaroshenko - a Russian pilot sentenced to 20 yrs in US jail related to cocaine smuggling with Viktor Bout - Yaroshenko has been a focus for Putin
Now that Russia's charged a US citizen, who are the bargaining chips?
cnn.com/2019/01/04/eur…
Another theory about a possible swap for Whelan - Leonid Teif/Teyf
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Leonid Teyf, a Russian living in North Carolina, who was accused with his wife of a murder-for-hire plot and $150 million kickback scheme, is now reported by Novaya Gazeta to have ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin who was indicted by Mueller for election tampering
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Here's original article that describes how Leonid Teyf was the Deputy Director of Voentorg, a company which contracted with Russia’s Ministry of Defense - and he provided Prigozhin with outsourcing contracts for the supply of power to army units
novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/…
December 13 AP story on Leonid Teyf: North Carolina couple accused of running $150 million kickback scheme - Prosecutors also claim the husband was plotting to kill the son of a former housekeeper — whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife.
nbcnews.com/news/crime-cou…
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A great way to kick off 2019!
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Maddow w the details of Trump's 1st public declaration that US should drop US sanctions after being asked by Russian spy Maria Butina ... meaning Trump could go forward with his Moscow Trump Tower deal financed through a Russian bank subject to sanctions
On the day of the 3rd GOP debate, Trump personally signed a letter of intent for Moscow deal

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Maybe we'll find out. Is Butina really cooperating?

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Maddow w the details of Trump's 1st public declaration that the US should drop US sanctions after being asked by Russian spy Maria Butina. Dropping sanctions would mean Trump could go forward with his Moscow Trump Tower deal financed through a Russian bank subjected to sanctions
How does a now imprisoned Russian spy just happen to ask Trump a question about sanctions in 2015?

Trump answering Maria Butina in 2015 re: ending sanctions— 1 month after Trump launches his campaign

Maybe we'll find out. Reports are, Butina may plead

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PAUL MANAFORT & SPECIAL COUNSEL have reached a plea deal, per a criminal information filed in DC. he's pleading guilty to conspiracy against US and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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can you imagine being the jurors in manafort's alexandria case? you spend 3 weeks of your life on this only for him to plead guilty less than a month later.
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