cc: @ZellaQuixote
- She's not actually a spy because the charge wasn't espionage
- She's a lobbyist who forgot to register as a foreign agent (note that the charge she plead to is not FARA-related)
- She's just a graduate student/activist/etc.
- The charges are Russophobic
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