She came in Friendship and found that The Law Is A Trick.
TTIUWP.
She was not elected on her own merits or campaigning but because of her being placed on the candidate list of United Russia party. And placing her on the list was a gift all right.
OTOH, any reasons to think that she would do worse that a random apparatchik?
Not guilty, not a chance…
Sure it wasn’t. Wink, wink…
That can be an asset now. She could be appointed to head some sub Cabinet position in the Biden administration. Perhaps undersecretary of Defense. Hunter needs more $$$..... Just like that Omovora woman.
Not KGB. Is FSB. *Spy* is so last Century....
A Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power says she believed her notes and analysis would be “valuable” for Russian officials.
Maria Butina, who admitted covertly gathering intelligence on the National Rifle Association and other groups at the direction of a former Russian lawmaker, spoke to National Public Radio in an interview airing Friday.
In the interview with NPR, Butina admitted that she knew Torshin was providing the information she gleaned to Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and said that she was honored to help.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-europe-ap-top-news-russia-289acf7fdcf24798acc47e5d2a768ee6
Has she come across Eric Swalwell?
You have to feel sorry for this lady. She was put through an ordeal and thrown in prison for something that is routine in Washington DC....the equivalent of a speeding ticket. She wasn’t even connected to any politician in Russia and she certainly wasn’t lobbying in the US. She just wanted to get a better understanding of the NRA and see if she could maybe support gun rights within Russia.
Within roughly two months of her return, Butina was given a job as a host on the state-run media outlet RT.
Butina became a member of the Duma, Russia's parliament, for the Kirov region in October. The local governor gave up the seat so Butina could fill it.
If she was spying on NRA she could just as easily have been FBI.