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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…
Judge at sentencing said #Butina's acts were dangerous & a threat to US democracy precisely b/c she kept secret that she was an agent for Russia. That prevented the US, American University, the NRA and others from recognizing what she was doing or taking actions in response. 
🤯Speaking of threats to US democracy… Trump’s at the NRA Convention in Indiana now. He just said “collusion delusion fraud”—the SAME DAY a federal judge sentenced BUTINA for penetrating the NRA for Russia’s benefit. #MuellerReport also said Trump knowingly benefited from Russia
➡️@FrankFigliuzzi1: The Maria Butina case is a microcosm of the dozens & dozens of contacts laid out in the #MuellerReport. The judge today chose to publicly link the Butina factset with the new kind of spying Russia engaged in in spades—successfully—in the 2016 election. #Maddow
