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A reminder that Eric Metaxas interviewed and strongly defended Maria Butina who told Alexander Torshin the night Trump was elected: "It's 3 am here. I am ready for further orders." She slept with Paul Erickson and Patrick Byrne. Trump called on her for a question July 11, 2015.



Butina was deported to Russia today.



Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin attended the 2017 prayer breakfast. Doug Burleigh, featured in the Netflix documentary "The Family," seems to be the main Fellowship contact with Russians.

Rep. Bob Aderholt (R-Ala.) is another.
The other main contact between American evangelicals and Putin is Franklin Graham. He met with Putin alone in Nov or Dec 2015:

and made another trip in March 2019 and met with Vyacheslav Volodin:


Franklin Graham has liked Donald Trump since 2011!

"the more you listen to him, the more you say to yourself, you know, maybe this guy's right."

"So, he might be your candidate of choice?" Amanpour asked.

"Sure, yes," Graham responded.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/frank…
This interview with Maria Butina on 60 Minutes which aired yesterday did not make her sound innocent.
cbsnews.com/news/maria-but…
Her interest in guns and NRA was just show. She asked about sanctions at Libertarian convention. Plus, manipulated Prayer Breakfast and Patrick Byrne.
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Thread on Fri, Jan 3, 2020 5 pm: "'Evangelicals for Trump' Coalition Launch" event at King Jesus International Ministry in Miami led by Guillermo Maldonado, who is one of the twenty core "evangelical leaders" who have frequently gathered at the White House to support Trump.
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I have put "evangelical" in parenthesis because people increasingly do not use the term because it is so associated with politics. They would have used the term in the past to express their high regard for the Bible and conviction that Jesus is "good news" (Greek: euangelion).
English professor at "evangelical" university Oklahoma Baptist and writer:
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Here is a list of the worship leaders who met with President Trump at the White House on Friday, December 6, 2019.
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This 2016 Chistianity Today article by @martynwendell on Bethel Church in Redding, CA is good background. christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/may/co…
Also note Hillsong's Brian Houston did not turn in his father who was a child abuser. 2018 60 minutes Australia on that story:
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Hmmmm, some info in here that I never saw before.

#MariaButina had also met with two senior Treasury & Federal Reserve officials back in 2015 - then Fed Vice Chairman, Stanley Fischer, and then Treasury undersecretary for international affairs, Nathan Sheets.

#Russiagate
Stanley Fischer had submitted his resignation back on September 6, 2017, to be effective around October 13, 2017.

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At the time he resigned, he had cited "personal reasons."

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(8/16) Maria Butina moves to U.S. on student visa.
"Rather than question or confront [Butina]...officials decided to track her movements to determine whom she was meeting and what she was doing in the U.S. — the kind of monitoring that is not uncommon when foreign natls are suspected of working on behalf of a foreign gov't."
"She sidled up to GOP presidential candidates, seeking first an encounter with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and then, after his rising candidacy stumbled, with Donald Trump."
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THREAD: While we wait for the NRA to come clean about its connections to alleged Russian agent Maria Butina, let’s take a trip down memory lane and explore the twisted web of ties between Butina, the NRA, and prominent GOP operatives.
In 2011, then-NRA president David Keene befriended Russian banker & politician Alexander Torshin. Shortly thereafter, Torshin joined with Maria Butina to form a Russian gun rights group supposedly modeled after the NRA called the Right to Bear Arms. newrepublic.com/article/110223…
In 2013, Butina’s gun rights group hosted Keene and NRA-linked Republican operative Paul Erickson at the Right to Bear Arms’ annual convention in Moscow. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
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This affidavit unsealed today against Russian national Mariia Butina is incredible. This Twitter DM she sent to a Russian official discusses how one political party, apparently the GOP, is "for us" while the other, Democrats, is "against" us.

"Our move here is very important."
Right after Trump won, Butina told the Russian official: "I'm going to sleep. It's 3 am here. I am ready for further orders."

Russian official replied: "Think about in which areas of life we could go towards bringing us closer. ISIS ... we need to look at the American agenda."
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A month before the election Butina discussed with the Russian official she should volunteer to serve as a U.S. election observer.

The Russian official said "the risk of provocation is too high..."

Butina: "Only incognito! Right now everything has to be quiet and careful."
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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.
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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
US Person 1 met Butina in Moscow around 2013 and worked with Butina to jointly arrange introductions to US persons, including organization promoting gun rights (aka the NRA)
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Goodnight. Here's a picture of Sheriff Clarke and his wife drinking in Moscow at a party thrown by Alexander Torshin.
"Welcome to Russia comrades" featuring: David Keene, Alexander Torshin, NRA President Pete Brownell, Maria Butina, and Sheriff Clarke.
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