Mueller was so desperate to find a scapegoat for "Russian interference" that he sent staff to interview Maria Butina in jail, in January of this year. Of course, she had no knowledge of "collusion." But she's still sitting in jail, as a political prisonerhttps://spectator.us/maria-butina-crime-russian/ …
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I find this case so infuriating on so many levels -- utterly despicable conduct by prosecutors, the judge, and most egregiously the media -- that you'll have to excuse me if I extend this thread longer. Someone's life was destroyed based on a pack of lies. It's nauseating
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Fundamentally this is about abusive, punitive state power being cynically wielded to satisfy a political vendetta. For “progressives” to have no concern at all is disgraceful. Republicans don’t seem to care much either. Butina has been completely abandoned. Cowardly and pathetic
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I firmly believe that when historians analyze with critical distance the moral panic that has consumed American political and media consciousness since 2016, Maria Butina is going to be identified as one of its chief and most blatant victims
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GRU can front her a few rubles.
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Wow. Weird. It’s like they’re putting away people with voices. Assange has a lot to contribute too. This is getting nightmarish.
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Reversing a plea deal is near impossible
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I just donated, what happened to her is horrible.
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not to excuse the solitary, but I thought she was an agent for Russia??
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Is it possible to write her?
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Where are all the advocates on her side? I guess the sexism and shaming of her is okay as long as it promotes certain agendas?
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For what? Where’s her story?
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