Russian agent jailed for attempting to infiltrate US politics

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A US judge sentences Maria Butina to 18 months in prison for conspiring with a Russian official to infiltrate a gun rights group and influence US conservative activists and Republicans.

A United States judge on Friday sentenced Russian secret agent Maria Butina to 18 months in prison for conspiring with a Russian official to infiltrate a gun rights group and influence US conservative activists and Republicans.

"I have three degrees, but now I'm a convicted felon with [no] job, no money and no freedom," Butina added.'No simple misunderstanding' Butina admitted to conspiring with a Russian official and two Americans from 2015 until her July arrest to infiltrate the National Rifle Association, a group closely aligned with US conservatives and Republican politicians including President Donald Trump, and create unofficial lines of communication to try to make Washington's policy toward Moscow more friendly.Alexander Torshin, who was a deputy governor of Russia's central bank, has been identified as the Russian official in question.

who has not been charged in this case, but faces criminal charges of wire fraud and money laundering in a separate case in South Dakota.

 

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My god the US are the world’s biggest hypocrites!

What's the charge against the NRA itself then? Isn't the NRA doing its utmost to influence politics and policy?

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