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Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an agent for the Russian government, is asking for a sentence of time-served (aka no additional prison time): "...send her home to her family" assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5972…
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Maria Butina to 18 months in prison — they argue that her failure to notify the US of what she was doing was "an integral part of her and the Russian Official’s success in advancing Russia’s interests" assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5972…
The government's original sentencing memo filing had a "DRAFT" watermark on all of the pages, and they filed a corrected version soon after
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Here is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's resignation letter to Trump today — he'll officially leave on May 11.

"We keep the faith, we follow the rules, and we always put America first."
Statement from AG Bill Barr on Rosenstein's resignation: "Rod has been an invaluable partner to me during my return to the Department, and I have relied heavily on his leadership and judgment over the past several months."
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As Roy Moore eyes another Senate run, he's still duking it out in court over getting pranked by Sacha Baron Cohen — and it's not going well for Moore so far
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Hello on this gray morning from the federal courthouse, where Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent for Russia, will be sentenced. She's asking for time-served and immediate deportation back to Russia. Prosecutors are asking for 18 months
Update: We're watching the "Me!" music video in the media room while we wait for Butina's sentencing to start at 10am
I'll be in the media room for Maria Butina's sentencing - there's live audio, but sadly we've learned this courtroom isn't equipped with video yet, so no video stream. I'll be sharing live updates as the hearing unfolds, but I won't be able to tell you what people look like
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NEW: Maria Butina has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to act as an agent for the Russian government in the United States. Butina will get credit for the 9 months she's already served.

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NEW: Maria Butina, who admitted to conspiring to act as a covert Russian agent by charming GOP & NRA leaders and who went out with Trump campaign official JD Gordon during the campaign, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.
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#BREAKING Maria #BUTINA has been sentenced to 18 MONTHS in prison for conspiring to act as an agent for the Russian government in the United States (she will get credit for the 9 months she's already served) via @ZoeTillman
#BREAKING Judge sentences Russian activist Maria #BUTINA to 18 months—the maximum—for conspiring to infiltrate US conservative political groups, including the @NRA, failing to register as a foreign agent working in Russia’s interests washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
"This was not a simple misunderstanding by an overeager foreign student"—Judge at sentencing states #Butina was gathering info on Americans who could influence US policy & relaying that info to Russian official to benefit the RU govt—as #Russia was interfering in US elections⬇️
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BREAKING: Maria Butina has pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of th Kremlin while cultivating contacts at the NRA and Republican Party. She is in “ongoing cooperation” with the government.
Butina acknowledged acting at the direction of a Russian government official to ingratiate herself to senior Republican figures and gain entree to conferences and other events to transmit information back to Russia.
The charge she pleaded to carries a maximum sentence of 5 years, but prosecutors and Butina’s lawyers estimated that her cooperation and acceptance of guilt could bring the sentence down to 0-6 months.

A hearing on her cooperation set for Feb. 12.
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ICYMI, @DonaldJTrumpJr, your Russian spy friend Maria Butina has pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate Section 951 – "espionage-lite" – and has agreed to cooperate with the US government in ANY and ALL matters the US government deems relevant.
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A criminal complaint was *unsealed today* in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General. justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
Maria Butina, 29, a Russian citizen residing in DC, was arrested on July 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C., and made her initial appearance this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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