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Russian gun-rights activist linked to NRA indicted for acting as foreign agent
ABC News ^ | Jul 17, 2018 | Jack Date Pete Madden

Posted on 07/17/2018 3:22:51 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Maria Butina, the Russian gun-rights activist who was recently arrested by the FBI and charged with conspiracy, was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday on a second offense of acting as an agent of a foreign government.

Butina, who is alleged to have been a “covert Russian agent” developing an “influence operation” in the United States since 2015, faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison for the first offense and a statutory maximum of 10 years in prison for the second offense.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; butina; nra; russia
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1 posted on 07/17/2018 3:22:51 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Another Obama FBI entrapment ?


2 posted on 07/17/2018 3:24:19 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: yesthatjallen

Who let her into the country?

Why wasn’t she properly vetted?

Hmmm...


3 posted on 07/17/2018 3:24:59 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: yesthatjallen

OMG....the dumbasses in a DC grand Jury indicted someone on this?? Combined IQ of 95 most likely! What am I missing?


4 posted on 07/17/2018 3:25:09 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: yesthatjallen

She also attended a prayer breakfast. That’s Verboten for the not-put-America-first Deep State/NeoCon crowd.


5 posted on 07/17/2018 3:25:30 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: butlerweave

Everybody check under their beds/desks for Russians!


6 posted on 07/17/2018 3:25:39 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Trump.Deplorable

She came here as a student and learned about Americans’ 1st Amendment right to pray and 2nd Amendment right to keep & bear arms. That was the end of her.


7 posted on 07/17/2018 3:26:25 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: yesthatjallen
Butina, who is alleged to have been a “covert Russian agent” developing an “influence operation” in the United States since 2015

So what crime exactly did she commit?

According to the affidavit, Butina and the Russian official “took steps to develop relationships with America politicians in order to establish private, or as she called them, ‘back channel’ lines of communication. These lines could be used by the Russian Federation to penetrate the U.S. national decision-making apparatus to advance the agenda of the Russian Federation.”

And this is an actual crime or are you just trying to spin it in a way to make it sound like a crime?

8 posted on 07/17/2018 3:31:00 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: yesthatjallen

Who from the FBI made this decision? Does this have Sessions or Rosenweasel’s fingers on this?


9 posted on 07/17/2018 3:31:10 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Blue Highway

Clearly this prosecution would not have occurred without Sessions and/or Rosenweasal signing off on it. They wanted it to happen while Trump was in Helsinki.


10 posted on 07/17/2018 3:33:00 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: yesthatjallen

Weird we never hear about anti-gun activists being indicted for trying to sway elections or anything ain’t it.


11 posted on 07/17/2018 3:40:00 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: yesthatjallen

This is a bizarre indictment. Weird.


12 posted on 07/17/2018 3:43:16 PM PDT by Stingray51
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To: yesthatjallen

Half the foreign students at my school fit the description of this woman.


13 posted on 07/17/2018 3:48:18 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: yesthatjallen

I am then waiting for the FBI to also arrest lying liberals like Hogg for pretending they are pro gun or Michael Moore joining the NRA to subvert if from inside.

Was she colluding with Michael Moore?


14 posted on 07/17/2018 4:10:37 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

She’s a Russian SocialJusticeWarrior for Russian citizens.


15 posted on 07/17/2018 4:26:30 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Papa Johns is being changed to Politically Correct Pizza! Look for our new signs.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Russia is our enemy.


16 posted on 07/17/2018 4:28:01 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: yesthatjallen

This sounds weak.


17 posted on 07/17/2018 4:45:10 PM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes. (Joe Stalin, D, GA))
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Then they better register as foreign agents.

Real simple, if you enter the US as a student or tourist, you damn well better act like that is your only interest.

The very second she stuck her nose into the NRA or any other political interest group, the FBI was on her, calls, emails, whatever.

As long as you register as a foreign agent, you are allowed to lobby, be politically active, etc.


18 posted on 07/17/2018 4:59:59 PM PDT by gandalftb
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Hello! Earth calling all American political activists.......

Every Russian that sticks their nose into any of your political or advocacy group is almost certain to be connected to the Russian intel in some way.

The FBI knows that to be the case, wake up.


19 posted on 07/17/2018 5:03:05 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: yesthatjallen

This case is going to destroy the faggots in the deep state.


20 posted on 07/17/2018 5:09:07 PM PDT by The Toll
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