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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.

Blow by blow of the full hearing in this THREAD by @ZoeTillman -->
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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.
by @woodruffbets #Maddow bit.ly/2Lf90SC
Trump campaign's national security director, JD Gordon, and admitted Russian agent Maria Butina exchanged several emails in Sep & Oct 2016, culminating in an invitation from Gordon to attend a Styx concert in DC and his birthday party in late Oct.
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Trump's lawyers claim that the Congressional subpoenas issued to Deutsche Bank seeking info about Trump's criminal activity are an invasion of privacy. LOL.
NEW: Trump, his children; Don, Jr., Eric, and Ivanka; and Trump Org sue Deutsche Bank and Capital One to block the banks from turning over the Trumps financial records to Congress.
Via @CristinaAlesci cnn.it/2V2cP2a
Per @desiderioDC @politico: “Deutsche Bank informed Plaintiffs that, absent a court order, they intend to begin production of documents in response to the subpoena on May 6.” !!!!!!
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SCOOP: Desperate to keep his job in Sep 2018, Rod Rosenstein assured Trump he was on his team and would make sure Trump was treated fairly. “I give the [Mueller] investigation credibility. I can land the plane.”
by @mattzap @jdawsey1 @DevlinBarrett #Maddow wapo.st/2UXCPvN?tid=ss…
To keep his job, the deputy AG worked to mollify an often angry Trump. Rosenstein’s actions are under renewed scrutiny, as he played a key role in releasing Mueller’s findings in a way even some of his supporters say was overly favorable to Trump.
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“I can land the plane.”
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Two Mueller prosecutors told DOJ officials they concluded last year they had enough evidence to seek federal criminal charges against Trump for obstruction over his pressuring of Comey to shut down the Flynn probe.

Enter, Bill Barr.
by @murraywaas #Maddow nybooks.com/daily/2019/04/…
Had it not been for the unique nature of the case—the investigation of a sitting president, and one who tried to thwart and even close down the SC's investigation—the 2 Mueller prosecutors would have advocated that Trump face criminal charges.
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Two Mueller prosecutors say they had enough evidence to seek criminal obstruction charges against Trump over his pressuring of Comey to end the Flynn probe ––> Recall, Trump spent the past 2 years targeting every key witness of that incident.
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Paula Chertok🗽
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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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Zoe Tillman
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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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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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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.
She was ordered held pending a hearing set for July 18, 2018.
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Wendy Siegelman
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💥Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States - Mariia Butina, 29, a Russian citizen residing in Washington D.C., was arrested on July 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
Mariia Butina Criminal complaint - Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of a Foreign Government - from 2015 or earlier up to the present
Item 2d: To infiltrate organizations active in US politics in an effort to advance the interests of the Russian Federation
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Affidavit in support of criminal complaint - Mariia Butina
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