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https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/12/politics/maria-butina-cooperation-russia/index.html
Washington (CNN)Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina has been offering investigators information on the American she conspired with to infiltrate US political circles and the Russian official who directed her activities, as she prepares to make her guilty plea official on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The 30-year-old Russian national initially pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and acting as a foreign agent after prosecutors accused her of infiltrating political groups like the National Rifle Association to bolster Russian interests. But on Thursday morning Butina is slated to appear in DC federal court to plead guilty to conspiracy as part of a deal with prosecutors.
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She is supposed to sing like a canary after she pleads guilty to conspiracy charges in court in D.C. today. One of the Americans she is ratting out will be her boyfriend, GOP political operative Paul Erickson. Meanwhile, her Russian handler, Alexander Torishin, has vanished from the public arena. She is expected to be deported but she may seek asylum rather than suffer her inevitable fate in Russia.
Washington (CNN)Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina has been offering investigators information on the American she conspired with to infiltrate US political circles and the Russian official who directed her activities, as she prepares to make her guilty plea official on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The 30-year-old Russian national initially pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and acting as a foreign agent after prosecutors accused her of infiltrating political groups like the National Rifle Association to bolster Russian interests. But on Thursday morning Butina is slated to appear in DC federal court to plead guilty to conspiracy as part of a deal with prosecutors.
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She is supposed to sing like a canary after she pleads guilty to conspiracy charges in court in D.C. today. One of the Americans she is ratting out will be her boyfriend, GOP political operative Paul Erickson. Meanwhile, her Russian handler, Alexander Torishin, has vanished from the public arena. She is expected to be deported but she may seek asylum rather than suffer her inevitable fate in Russia.