Politico: Prosecutors say accused foreign agent has ties to Russian intelligence, poses ‘extreme risk of flight’
Maria Butina was arrested over the weekend.
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors say Russian national and accused foreign agent Maria Butina has been in contact with Kremlin intelligence services and poses “an extreme risk of flight,” according to court documents filed Wednesday.
The documents released ahead of Butina’s scheduled appearance in federal court Wednesday argue for her to be detained before a trial. The reasons given for the flight-risk assessment include what prosecutors say is a history of deception by Butina, a lack of ties to the U.S. that would keep her in the country and connections to Russian intelligence services.
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WNU Editor: For a spy she had a very public presence, and she was (and is) not shy to say where she came from and what she believes in. But the law is the law, and if she had registered herself as a foreign lobbyist, she certainly would not be in prison right now. As for the media attention on her .... in my opinion it is way overboard. But the arrest does serve a purpose and it does send a message. Russians in the U.S. need to be beware on how they conduct themselves .... with all of this anti-Russian hysteria right now in the media and voiced by many in the political class .... deportation or arrest could be your fate. And as for Americans who have Russian contacts .... a message is being sent to them .... beware of who you know who is from Russia. You could be dealing with a spy.
More News On Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina
'You've upstaged Anna Chapman': What Kremlin handler told Russian redhead accused of infiltrating the NRA, offered sex for a role, and who was seized by FBI as she 'prepared to flee' -- Daily Mail
Suspected Russian agent Maria Butina to be jailed until trial -- DW
Russian 'agent' faces charges of seeking to infiltrate US govt -- AFP
Russian 'agent' held on charges of seeking to infiltrate US govt -- AFP
Real-life 'Red Sparrow'? Court filings allege Russian agent offered sex for access -- ABC News
Russian Activist Butina Pleads Not Guilty in Washington Courtroom, Bond Denied -- Sputnik
Russian woman arrested in US faces charges with two offenses -- TASS
Judge Orders Maria Butina, Linked To Russian Spy Agency, Jailed Ahead Of Trial -- NPR
Diplomat emphasizes US ‘espionage’ arrest timed to undercut Putin-Trump summit -- TASS
Maria Butina: Alleged Russia agent 'offered sex for job' -- BBC
Mere gun lover, or Siberian spy? Maria Butina’s curious path -- Angela Charlton, AP
Maria Butina: NRA member, lobbyist, and Kremlin spy? -- DW
How Maria Butina, accused Russian spy, worked her way into top US circles -- Jon Swaine and Lois Beckett, The Guardian
why a spy.just read the emails.they have all the addresses from the pakistany girls hilrary hired to break into washington accounts...
ReplyDeleteIt looks to me as though this person is being persecuted. The reasons cited packed boxes, lack of ties to the US, contact with Russian officials, oh the horror of it all!!
ReplyDeleteI agree the hysteria is way overboard. Russia is a very powerful and influential country whose assistance we are going to need in a number of areas if American interests are to be advanced. People who have good working relations with top Russian officials should actually be regarded as national treasures and treated as such not persecuted.
If I'm POTUS, the first think I try to do is to cultivate such contacts and find people who have them. It's called leadership. We cultivate contacts with powerful people who can help us or at least we don't them to hurt us. Such things are common sense. The last thing we want to do is pick fights with them for no good reason.
Wait!! Where is the story about the Pakistani who embezzled money from the state and had access to DNC servers!? I hate the Media! Come on WNU, try to take a perspective here. Great site, just some feedback.
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