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Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to serve as a Russian agent, has a status hearing at 2:30pm in DC federal court. I'll be in the courtroom for this one, not the media room, so I won't be live-tweeting. Previously: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
A very quick status conference for Maria Butina: The prosecutor said her cooperation is "ongoing," so they're not ready for sentencing yet. They'll be back for another status hearing on March 28, unless the govt alerts sooner that she's done and they're ready for sentencing
Butina's lawyer expressed concern about the delay, saying they were ready to proceed to sentencing, but understood the govt knows things that they don't. The judge said she shared the concern that Butina by now has served a good chunk of her likely sentence in pretrial detention
Butina has been in jail since her July arrest, and her estimated sentencing guidelines range is 0-6 months, so she's already served more than that — the judge could of course go above the guidelines (the max sentence is five years)
Butina was in court for today's status conference, but did not speak. She was wearing the standard green jail uniform, glasses, and had a very long French braid draped over her right shoulder
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