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.@newrepublic released a piece on Butina, where she claims to be an idealistic girl vainly accused of espionage newrepublic.com/article/153036… … This isn't true @MattAsherS @DemWrite @Clara_Resists @propornot @DrDinD @PaulaChertok @SpyTalker @UmlandAndreas @IlvesToomas @john_sipher /1
1. She's not accused of espionage, she is accused of illegally lobbying the interests of Russia (acting as a foreign agent w/o registration), & she confessed to this even in an interview with The New Republic /2
2. Аccording to the FBI, a note with instructions on how to answer questions about working for the FSB was found in her apartment assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4609… /3
3. According to the testimony of her fellow students, Maria boasted about her connections with Russian intelligence edition.cnn.com/2018/08/02/pol… /4
4. Many details from her biography give reason to suspect she really had contacts with Russian special services while working in the interests of Russia theloyalopposition.net/daily-ctas/the… /5
This means that the accusation against her was narrower than her actual activity, and not wider. Despite her contacts with Russian intelligence, Butina was accused only of lobbying Russia's interests without registering as a foreign agent
