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    US charges Russian national with being a foreign agent (SPY Arrested in U.S.)

    US charges Russian national with being a foreign agent

    By Adam Levine
    Updated 3:16 PM ET, Mon July 16, 2018

    Washington (CNN)The US government charged a Russian national with being a spy for the Russian government in the US and developing relationships "with US persons and infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics."


    Maria Butina, who was involved with a Russian gun group that the National Rifle Association was supportive of, was arrested on Sunday and appeared in court in Washington, DC to Monday, according to the Justice Department.

    This story is breaking and will be updated.


    https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/us-charges-russian-national-maria-butina/index.html
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    Is supporting the NRA a crime now?!
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    Russian woman linked to gun-rights groups is charged with acting as Russian agent in US

    By Frank Miles | Fox News

    Russian charged with infiltrating US political organizations


    A Russian woman accused of conspiring to infiltrate American political organizations — including the National Rifle Association — at the direction of an unnamed senior Kremlin official has been arrested, federal authorities announced Monday.

    Maria Butina
    , 29, who accompanied Republican activist Paul Erickson to President Trump's inauguration, was arrested Sunday on a charge of conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of the Russian government, according to court papers unsealed in Washington.


    She made her initial court appearance Monday afternoon, and was ordered held pending a hearing set for Wednesday.


    Butina, a former Siberian furniture owner, is also a board member and founder of the Russian gun rights group, "The Right to Bear Arms," The Washington Post reported.

    Her earlier work reportedly included assisting Russian central banker and politician Alexander Torshin, who is a lifetime member of the NRA.


    FBI Special Agent Kevin Helson wrote that the goal was to "exploit personal connections with U.S. persons having influence in American politics in an effort to advance the interests of the Russian Federation."


    Helson added, "I believe that Butina and the Russian official took these steps in order to infiltrate those groups and advance the interests of the Russian Federation."


    The affidavit stated that in in 2017, Butina and the official attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.


    “According to the affidavit in support of the complaint, from as early as 2015 and continuing through at least February 2017, Butina worked at the direction of a high-level official in the Russian government who was previously a member of the legislature of the Russian Federation and later became a top official at the Russian Central Bank. This Russian official was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury,

    Office of Foreign Assets Control in April 2018,” the Justice Department said in a statement.


    Maria Butina was arrested Sunday on a charge of conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of the Russian government. (ZUMAPress) (ITAR-TASS)

    The affidavit also stated she started reaching out to NRA members and other American gun enthusiasts in 2013, on several occasions hosting NRA executives and gun activists in Moscow, including one delegation that included former Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

    She and Torshin also attended a series of NRA events in the United States starting in 2014.


    Prosecutors said the Russian official since has been sanctioned by the U.S.


    The DOJ added, “The court filings detail the Russian official’s and Butina’s efforts for Butina to act as an agent of Russia inside the United States by developing relationships with U.S. persons and infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian Federation. The filings also describe certain actions taken by Butina to further this effort during multiple visits from Russia and, later, when she entered and resided in the United States on a student visa.

    The filings allege that she undertook her activities without officially disclosing the fact that she was acting as an agent of Russian government, as required by law.”


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    What??!! This is bunk!! DOJ is losing this so badly they're now going after people on their Free Speech and First Amendment Rights while in the US??!!! Oh my God, well, get your prosecutors ready to prosecute the 30 million illegal aliens who are here representing their governments in the United States.

    This is so bad, it's comedy. Honestly. You all are disgracing yourselves. Your job is to protect every person's free speech First Amendment Rights while in the US. If they violated an immigration visa, then deport them.
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    July 16, 2018, 5:44 PM
    Feds charge Russian national accused of acting as covert Kremlin agent

    The Department of Justice announced Monday that federal authorities have arrested 29-year-old Russian national Maria Butina on charges that she covertly worked to infiltrate U.S. political organizations on behalf of a high-ranking Russian official over the course of several years. Butina is charged with "conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United Stated without prior notification to the Attorney General," the department said.

    Butina -- a resident of Washington, D.C. -- was arrested on Sunday. According to the Justice Department, Butina worked "at the direction of a high-level official in the Russian government" from "as early as 2015 ... through at least February 2017." She allegedly tried to advance Russian interests "by developing relationships with U.S. persons and infiltrating organizations having influence in U.S. politics."


    An affidavit
    filed in federal court in Washington details the accusations.

    On Nov. 30, 2016, Butina emailed someone identified as "U.S. Person 1" about the Russian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast, the affidavit says. Butina wrote that members of the delegation had been "handpicked" by a senior Russian official and were "VERY influential in Russia." She said that the delegation was coming to "establish a back channel of communication" and asked if another person, identified as "U.S. Person 2," would want to meet with them.


    The affidavit also alleges that on Oct. 4, 2016, U.S. Person 1 emailed an acquaintance and claimed to be involved in "securing a VERY private line of communication between the Kremlin" and an unnamed political party. U.S. Person 1 claimed that the conduit for this back channel was an "unnamed gun rights organization."


    A statement from Butina's attorney, Robert Driscoll, denied any wrongdoing and described her actions as "open and public networking." The statement also says that Butina has cooperated with the government, testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and was the subject of a search warrant in April.


    "Maria Butina is not an agent of the Russian Federation. She is a Russian national in the United States on a student visa who recently graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. with a Masters Degree in International Relations and 4.0 Grade Point Average," the statement says.


    Butina worked closely with Alexander Torshin
    , CBS News reported last fall. Both had close ties to the National Rifle Association. Torshin, who is not mentioned by name in the affidavit, is a high-ranking Russian official who became deputy governor of the Russian central bank. In April, the U.S. sanctioned Torshin and a number of other officials close to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.


    House Intelligence Committee sources said Monday they assume that the unnamed "high-level official in the Russian government" is indeed Torshin. According to these sources, the fact that Torshin wasn't charged along with Butina is a sign that special counsel Robert Mueller is trying to secure her cooperation and get her to turn on Torshin or other Russian officials.


    Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee sought to interview Butina during their investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 campaign, but were not able to convince their Republican counterparts to seek interviews with her and several people connected to her.


    In a statement released after Butina's arrest, Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said she had "been charged with acting as a surreptitious Russian agent and establishing a secret back channel with the GOP through the NRA. More likely to come on this; no wonder GOP members of [the House Intelligence Committee] refused our request to bring her and others in."


    Torshin and Butina unsuccessfully tried to secure a meeting with President Trump before the 2016 election, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News last November. The pair did, however, have a brief meeting with Donald Trump Jr. at a NRA event in May 2016.


    In a November 2017 statement, Alan Futerfas, an attorney representing Trump Jr., downplayed the significance of the encounter. He said Trump Jr. "was attending an NRA convention and having dinner when an acquaintance asked him to say hello to Torshin and made an introduction. They made small talk for a few minutes and went back to their separate meals."


    A source said last year that Torshin and Butina were eager for Mr. Trump to travel to Russia to meet with Putin. The NRA did not immediately return a request for comment.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-b...kremlin-agent/

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    An affidavit filed in federal court in Washington details the accusations.

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