BC USG wrongly accused Mariia Butina of being a serial honey pot, people are interested in whether she's overcharged. I've written 3 posts comparing her charging w/Manaforts. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/08/30/spy-versus-spy-the-two-alleged-agents-of-foreign-powers-sitting-in-the-alexandria-jail-part-one-paulie/ … https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/09/03/spy-versus-spy-the-two-alleged-agents-of-foreign-powers-sitting-in-the-alexandria-jail-part-two-mariia/ … https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/09/08/is-a-tie-with-vladimir-putin-what-makes-mariia-butina-more-of-a-spy-than-paul-manafort/ …
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One trick is that, unlike Manafort, Butina had to get a visa. DOJ claims she lied on her visa app (about whether she was still working for Torshin). Such claims end up showing a differing level of deception about the operation, supporting section 951.
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Another perhaps more interesting questions is whether the stuff Manafort is suspected of having done during the election amounts to section 951. Anyway, now that Mueller is putting real teeth into FARA, it will make boundary bt FARA and 951 more interesting.
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