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From the Mariia Butina Affidavit - US Person 2 is a US citizen involved with a series of emails in 2016 and 2017 to arrange dinners in DC and NY with Russian nationals and US persons influential in politics https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download …pic.twitter.com/QVwwKo7yQJ
Around March 24, 2015 Butina emailed Person 1 subject line "The Second Posner" with an email proposal & the project description 'Diplomacy' stating a major US political party would like to gain control over the US government after the 2016 elections https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download …pic.twitter.com/FR4bRgg1hH
Great article by @timkmak on Maria Butinahttps://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/931652146541596672 …
January 2018 scoop from McClatchy about FBI investigation of the NRA and Alexander Torshin, deputy governor of Russia’s central bank and his protege Maria Butinahttps://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/953977314924167168 …
Maria Butina worked for Alexander Torshin who met Donald Trump Jr - Spanish police provided the FBI transcripts of 33 wiretapped conversations between Torshin & Alexander Romanov, a convicted Russian money launderer - ahead of Torshin's meeting with Don Jrhttps://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1000158312078430208 …
More on Spanish prosecutor José Grinda who has provided info the FBI from his investigation into Alexander Romanov, friend of NRA-linked Alexander Torshin and separate investigation of Paul Manafort's ex-business partner Dmitry Firtashhttps://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1006591265989853185 …
Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, and Jared Kushner were all copied on email communications with Alexander Torshin and Maria Butina during the campaignhttps://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/931651743863181313 …
Paul Erickson attended Maria Butina's gun conference in 2015 with former NRA & ACU chief David Keene; gun manufacturer and NRA first vice president Pete Brownell; and Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke & host Dmitry Rogozin who was sanctioned by the UShttps://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/936065160732692481 …
A side note: Cambridge Analytica may come into this story about Maria Butina's arrest - in Oct 2017 Sen Feinstein sent letter to Cambridge Analytica for all communications with people including Paul Erickson & Johnny Yenason, who both met Butina & Torshinhttps://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/936057899360583680 …
Johnny Yenason met Aleksander Torshin and Maria Butina in March 2016 at a National Prayer Breakfast in Russia and he invited them in May 2016 to speak at an NRA event in KY - where Torshin spoke to Donald Trump Jrhttps://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/936061362446454784 …
Senator Feinstein's Oct 2017 letter to Cambridge Analytica requested all communication with Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin. Her letter also included people involved in discussions with Butina & Torshin - Rick Clay, Johnny Yenason and Paul Erickson https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/936057336002699266 …pic.twitter.com/BqFtuGPGPa
Striking part on Kremlin backchannel to NRA: Oct 4, 2016 Person 1 emailed an acquaintance "I've been involved in securing a VERY private line of communication between the Kremlin and KEY POLITICAL PARTY 1 (GOP) leaders through, of all conduits, the (NRA)" https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download …pic.twitter.com/iSa6cebSr0
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Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States - Mariia Butina, 29, a Russian citizen residing in Washington D.C., was arrested on July 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
