originally, Byrne had Butina bringing up Clinton/Cruz & Rubio. seems the Deep State then told him to change his story to the FBI investigating those three, which is pure BS:
26 Jul: Sara Carter: Russia Probe Twist: A Billion Dollar CEO, A Convicted Russian Agent And The FBI
“Eventually, her conversations became less about philosophy and it became clear that she was doing things that made me quite uncomfortable,” stated Byrne. “She was basically schmoozing around with the political class and eventually she said to me at one point I want to meet anyone in the Hillary campaign, the Cruz, the Rubio campaigns.”...
https://saraacarter.com/russia-probe-twist-a-billion-dollar-ceo-a-convicted-russian-agent-and-the-fbi/
My impression about Butina at this point is she was a 2nd amendment activist in Russia mostly for self-promotion. Based on her activism she developed ties to Russian senators related to gun business who used her activism to advance their agenda which was mostly lobbyism to ease regulations on handguns in Russia. It didn’t achieve much and with time passing her friends went out of politics and she herself downgraded to gun shows using her former fame to peddle overpriced rifles.
She did not like it much and was always in love with all things American and decided to move to US and repeat her domestic success based on conservative activism and getting access to the wealthy and powerful.
She might have even though of herself as a sort of self-appointed Ambassador for better relations between countries.