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Russian operative Maria Butina pleads guilty to conspiracy
NBC News ^ | Dec. 13, 2018 | Elisha Fieldstadt and Charlie Gile

Posted on 12/13/2018 8:58:05 AM PST by Coronal

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To: Red Badger

All 16 merged into 1, so yeah, at least 2 at the same time.

There ain’t no way that doesn’t come out sounding dirty...


21 posted on 12/13/2018 9:33:58 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon
Hubba hubba!


22 posted on 12/13/2018 9:36:35 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Coronal
Another political prosecution being presided over by Obama’s personal Torquemada and judicial fixer, Judge Tanya Chutkan
23 posted on 12/13/2018 10:27:33 AM PST by rdcbn
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To: Coronal

What’s Moscow’s NRA agenda?

Convince members to buy more AKMs/AK74s?


24 posted on 12/13/2018 10:43:55 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Strangest civil war in history, only one side is shooting.)
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To: Coronal

Total banana republic crap.

She wasn’t a spy, she was a kid in her 20s who became enthusiastic about the 2nd amendment and our right to bear arms. She immersed herself in the culture and in the NRA with hopes of getting a 2nd amendment in Russia. To this end she also met politicians and lawmakers, both American and Russian.

This gave our corrupt FBI a chance to find a Russian “spy”, AND to “prove” to the press that the NRA is a Russian influenced organization. The low life’s in F troop also released her personal text messages and used them to hurt her relationship with a man.

This is Stasi, going after Trump and the NRA, and she was a political prisoner.


25 posted on 12/13/2018 11:14:20 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: McGruff

Meanwhile camel jockeys and chinamen flood all over America spying, bribing and influencing the uniparty.

Our government is pure trash at this point.


26 posted on 12/13/2018 11:15:38 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Coronal
Charged with conspiring "to establish unofficial lines of communication with Americans having power and influence over U.S. politics … for the benefit of the Russian Federation"

Translation: did not follow proper FARA registration procedures.

Hard to believe she was denied bail over this.

27 posted on 12/13/2018 11:45:29 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Trump_the_Evil_Left

Mueller is not the prosecutor for her case. She was arrested by the FBI under current director Christopher Wray and her plea deal was negotiated under current Interim Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.
Most unfortunately Maria Butina drew a black liberal Democrat judge appointd by Obama.


28 posted on 12/13/2018 2:54:07 PM PST by Nero Germanicus
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To: McGruff

If she committed any offense at all it may have been failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. In my book, she was simply exercising free speech. She’s not a “spy” and this prosecution is a scam.


29 posted on 12/13/2018 5:59:44 PM PST by Chengdu54
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To: Coronal

Russians want to sell guns in America again. Americans want to buy Russian guns again.

Democrats decide what is legal and what is not!


30 posted on 12/13/2018 6:05:05 PM PST by The Toll
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If she committed any offense at all it may have been failing to register as a foreign lobbyist.

That's actually all she's charged with.

31 posted on 12/14/2018 8:22:55 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: gandalftb

Trade?

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/31/russia-detains-an-american-in-moscow-over-suspected-spying.html


32 posted on 12/31/2018 12:14:31 PM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: McGruff
Sounds like a typical lobbyist.

Sounds like a typical politician turned lobbyist to me!!!

33 posted on 12/31/2018 12:16:42 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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