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Alleged Russian spy may not have offered sex for job, prosecutors concede
UK Guardian ^

Posted on 09/08/2018 10:46:48 AM PDT by ameribbean expat

...prosecutors also conceded in a filing to court late on Friday that they may have wrongly accused Butina of offering sex in return for a job, after her attorneys protested against the government’s portrayal of her as a “Red Sparrow” seductress.

The 29-year-old is in jail awaiting trial on charges that she worked to infiltrate conservative politics via the National Rifle Association (NRA) as part of a plan to influence the US government. She has pleaded not guilt

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: butina; nra; trumprussia
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To: Rashputin

Exactly. The process is the punishment.


21 posted on 09/08/2018 11:44:58 AM PDT by ameribbean expat (Socialism is like a nude beach - - sounds great til you actually get there. -- David Burge.)
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To: Navy Patriot

She looks like a nice, bright young Russian girl who actually seems to enjoy being some place where she’s free to have a gun, hunt, etc. But I guess the Dems don’t want that.


22 posted on 09/08/2018 11:51:29 AM PDT by livius
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To: Fido969

Not Guilty


23 posted on 09/08/2018 12:00:18 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: Fido969

Lol!

“Tochnost v vashikh rukakh” means “Accuracy in your hands”.


24 posted on 09/08/2018 12:25:17 PM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: ameribbean expat
p49

Not Guilty.

25 posted on 09/08/2018 1:00:23 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: ameribbean expat
Anna Chapman did quite well after similar accusations. I hope this woman has the assets to cash in too.


26 posted on 09/08/2018 1:02:30 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: ameribbean expat

Imprisoned for lobbying. Evil prosecutors.


27 posted on 09/08/2018 1:04:43 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: ameribbean expat

On the “Russian chic hottness scale,” she is Epic Fail. Unqualified for a honey trap. Seriously unable to accomplish.


28 posted on 09/08/2018 1:10:16 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Sessions IS "The Insurance Policy.")
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To: Snickering Hound

Guilty of gun safety! Trigger finger is NOT on the trigger!

(Can’t see downrange so can’t tell if she is not aiming at something other than the roof!)


29 posted on 09/08/2018 1:14:05 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Navy Patriot

Scanned too fast. You noted first


30 posted on 09/08/2018 1:16:14 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

“On the “Russian chic hottness scale,” she is Epic Fail. Unqualified for a honey trap. Seriously unable to accomplish.”

100%. She would be last pick even in some dirt roaded village in Siberia.


31 posted on 09/08/2018 2:51:32 PM PDT by varyouga
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To: chief lee runamok

Yeah. And the rifle is a beaut too.


32 posted on 09/08/2018 3:02:36 PM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: varyouga

“She would be last pick even in some dirt roaded village in Siberia.”

She could make a freight train take a dirt road...


33 posted on 09/08/2018 9:42:34 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Sessions IS "The Insurance Policy.")
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