The sentencing judge apparently suggested that Butina had something to do with "Russian interference" in 2016, but Robert Mueller interviewed her and her name appears nowhere in the report. This was a transparent political prosecution and it's despicablehttps://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1121805208877711361 …
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I truly have nothing but contempt for the media scolds and Twitter moralizers who felt authority to opine on Butina's private life and romantic decisions. As if she was the first woman in history to date an older man. Just disgusting
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Insane, malicious, and false headline. She was not accused of spying. She pleaded guilty to not registering with the Govt., and insists she would have done so if she knew it was a potentially criminal offense. What in God's name is wrong with you people?https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1121795850441613313 …
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Butina wrote columns advocating her positions, constantly posted on social media, and otherwise took no steps whatsoever to conceal what she was doing. Does that sound like a "spy tactic" to you? Utter madness.
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Oh and by the way, now we have a new precedent whereby any foreign national is potentially subject to overzealous prosecution for engaging in activity as trivial as networking, which in DC is as common as breathing air. It's seen as weird if you DO NOT engage in such activity
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This is the definitive article to read on the hideous prosecution (and persecution) of Maria Butinahttps://newrepublic.com/article/153036/maria-butina-profile-wasnt-russian-spy …
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COMPARE & CONTRAST Here is how the Maria Butina sentence compares to old FARA cases. http://www.unz.com/akarlin/butina-sentenced/ … Conclusion: USA more hostile to Putin's Russia than it was to Saddam-era Iraq or the country that sheltered a terrorist who killed 3,000 of its own citizens.pic.twitter.com/9Mb44rC73h
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Where is the outcry from feminists in support of a woman who has been systematically persecuted and degraded in the court of public opinion? Oh that's right, she's not a neolib so she deserves to be thrown to the wolves. Burn the witch! Double standards = Zero credibility
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What a nice precedent this sets. Every foreigner from now on will be labeled a "spy" by political foes for political purposes, and be investigated on the thinnest of evidence.
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Ironically theyre able to get away with this exactly bc Russian lobbying has such little influence in DC. Anyone paying attn knows if they were really concerned about foreign influences theyd go after KSA and Israel nationals
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The Washington machine runs over a lot of innocent passers-by as it rolls along.
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Just like some journalists, the court apparently feels the need to double down on error to rationalize what otherwise would be its shame.
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Trying to improve US-Russia relations is a secret felony. It interferes with the MIC gravy train.
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Not only that but the media has portrayed her as a “spy.” Fox News had a headline on Brett Bauer’s show last night that identified her as a “spy.” They never actually give details or explain why she’s in prison. Bizarre.
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Exactly. The ruling is a disgrace: "While Butina’s actions “might” have been legal had she disclosed that she was working as an agent for the Russian government, it was precisely because she did not that they “were so dangerous and constituted a threat to our democracy.”
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The United States is becoming like a Third World dictatorship. Massive respect to Michael Tracey for talking about this issue, it deserves a lot more coverage.
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Where is Sen Feinstein’s aide in the legal process? I assume this is being pursued too, no?
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Uh, my dude, that’s not networking. I would know. I was in the same grad program as Butina (but a year ahead of her, I think). We were not taught to network by leveraging our contacts in DC on behalf of foreign governments. There’s another word for that.
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What is the evidence she was networking on behalf of the Russian government? (serious question, not rhetorical).
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She’s Russian. That’s all that’s needed now. Maybe throw in “May have ties to FSB” or “in the past has worked for the govt”.
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