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Russian Gun Activist Arrested as ‘Foreign Agent’, Lawyer Calls it Misuse of Law
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The Russian gun activist who was arrested in Washington, DC is not an agent of the Kremlin and the Department of Justice (DOJ) is misusing the law to charge her as such, the attorney for Maria Butina said. Butina, 29, was arrested on Sunday and jailed pending a hearing scheduled on Wednesday, the DOJ said in a statement on Monday. She was charged with “conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General.” Charges against Butina are “simply a misuse of the Foreign Agent statute, which is designed to punish covert propaganda, not open and public networking by foreign students," Butina’s attorney Robert Driscoll said in a statement.
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mickey
(7/17/2018)
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Why should American defendants have all the fun?
When the feds want to pad their numbers, charging people who haven't done a damn thing with 'conspiracy' is a sure fire winner.
All you need is to drag the process along until the victim runs out of money to pay their lawyers and then get them to plea guilty to something. |
| Comment by:
mickey
(7/17/2018)
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The important part here:
"The FBI agent who signed the affidavit against Butina claims she was working to establish a back-channel between the Kremlin and the National Rifle Association (NRA)."
The only ones interested in this woman are the Feral Bureau of Instigation and a Feral Persecutor. I wonder how many US Attorneys turned the Fibbers down before one took the case.
That's a pretty strong indication that she's probably as innocent as the Hutaree Militia. |
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