20 minutes ago.
US charges Russian national with being a foreign agent
Washington (CNN)The US government charged a Russian national with being a spy for the Russian government in the US and developing relationships "with US persons and infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics."
Maria Butina, who was involved with a Russian gun group that the National Rifle Association was supportive of, was arrested on Sunday and appeared in court in Washington, DC to Monday, according to the Justice Department.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/us-charges-russian-national-mari...
Fuck the NRA!
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:02 pm
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:05 pm
(No subject)
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:06 pm
From the actual indictment ^^
From the actual indictment ^^^
Fuck the NRA!
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:10 pm
(No subject)
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:11 pm
FUCK THE NRA!
FUCK THE NRA!
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:12 pm
FUCK THE GOP!
FUCK THE GOP!
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:32 pm
(No subject)
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:34 pm
^^^ From the affidavit
^^^ From the affidavit
Affidavit
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 04:42 pm
7 GOP Members went to Russia,
7 GOP Members went to Russia, no Democrats were invited...
They went there over the 4th of July (2018).
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 05:09 pm
*Side Note*
*Side Note*
Interesting tidbit about Peter Stzrok...
He was the head of the investigation that brought down the Russian spies that spawned "The Americans" TV series.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow takes down Donald Trump’s war on agent Peter Strzok with shocking tale of his work at the FBI
FBI agent Peter Strzok is scheduled to testify before Congress Thursday morning, so MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow spent Wednesday’s opener revealing the agent’s history and successes stopping Russian spies in the United States.
It all began with the “Boston Conspirators,” a couple that were sent to the United States by Moscow to spy on America.
This didn’t all happen during the Cold War, the FBI watched them for a decade, but the trial was ultimately held in 2010. Their story became the basis for the television show “The Americans.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/msnbcs-rachel-maddow-takes-donald-trump...
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 09:31 pm
Hello Wisconsin!
Hello Wisconsin!
No Bond for the Russian Spy.
First Court appearance Wednesday.
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on Monday, July 16, 2018 – 09:37 pm
Whoa boy. Lil melty in here.
Whoa nelly. Lil melty in here.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 07:54 am
They thought she might flee
They thought she might flee so they snagged her.
She was under a TOTALLY DIFFERENT investigation than the Mueller Investigation.
Maria Butina, Russian gun-rights advocate who sought to build ties with NRA, charged with acting as a covert Russian agent
A Russian woman with ties to a senior Russian government official was charged in Washington on Monday with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation, including by building ties to the leadership of the National Rifle Association and other conservative political organizations.
Maria Butina, 29, who recently received a graduate degree from American University, was arrested Sunday in the District and made her first appearance in U.S. District Court before Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson, where she was ordered held without bond.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/maria-butina-russian-...
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 09:28 am
Really strange to see spies
Really strange to see spies communicating through unencrypted email and twitter DMs. Are they stupid?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 09:41 am
Russian Gun Rights advocate of what? This ^^^ ??
Get the fuck outta here...
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:04 am
She was allegedly trying to
T.O.D., she wasn't an advocate of those Russian laws. She was allegedly trying to change them. Read here.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:17 am
JFC Ender.
JFC Ender.
You're gonna defend these fucks until you die aren't you?!
Real quick...tell us who is the President of the NRA as of May 2018?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:25 am
I'm not defending her. She
I'm not defending her. She was a spy.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:27 am
NVM Ender...
NVM Ender...
It's Oliver North.
May 7th 2018
Washington (CNN) Oliver North, the Fox News contributor and central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, will be the National Rifle Association's new president, the group announced Monday.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:33 am
Thanks for the 2 month old
Thanks for the 2 month old news. But no need, I'm on their mailing list.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:35 am
>>> I'm not defending her.
>>> I'm not defending her. She was a spy.
Ok.
Ender -
Why not denounce the NRA?
Maria Butina, who was involved with a Russian gun group that the National Rifle Association was supportive of, was arrested on Sunday and appeared in court in Washington, DC to Monday, according to the Justice Department.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/us-charges-russian-national-mari...
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:37 am
>> Why not denounce the NRA?
>> Why not denounce the NRA?
Did they do something illegal? Are there more indictments forthcoming in this case?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:47 am
You said:
You said:
"I'm not defending her. She was a spy."
She hasn't had her day in court, but you say she did it.
So an indictment in your opinion is automatic guilt?
>>> Did they do something illegal? Is there an indictment forthcoming?
According to your math...
Aren't they?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 10:52 am
>> So an indictment in your
>> So an indictment in your opinion is automatic guilt?
No, not at all. I actually read the indictment and the facts of the case. Her leaked correspondence, and the fact she didn't register as a foreign agent, makes it clear to me that she is guilty.
>> Aren't they?
No. I've read nothing to indicate they were complicit or knowingly did anything illegal. I'm all ears though.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:09 am
>>> No. I've read nothing to
>>> No. I've read nothing to indicate they were complicit or knowingly did anything illegal. I'm all ears though.
WHEN the do prove that the NRA is part of the Russian Attack in ANY way...
Will you quit your beloved NRA?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:11 am
Could find anything, huh?
Couldn't find anything, huh?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:13 am
>>>>>WHEN the do prove that
>>>>>WHEN the do prove that the NRA is part of the Russian Attack in ANY way...
TOD, do you smell burning toast right now?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:30 am
I'll bite...
I'll bite...
07.16.18 10:45 PM ET
Russia-NRA Arrest: This Is as Close as It Gets to Collusion
For all the indictments, arrests, and guilty pleas in the far-flung investigation into Russian influence, none has come close to alleging collusion. Until Maria Butina was nabbed.
It’s the first time the Justice Department has explicitly claimed that a Russian spy working to influence the 2016 campaign had deliberate assistance with her efforts from a U.S. citizen.
*On Monday, the DOJ arrested and charged a Russian national who courted the NRA and the Republican Party with secretly working as a foreign agent.*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-nra-arrest-this-is-as-close-as-it-g...
Media Bias/Fact Check
Factual Reporting: HIGH
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:25 am
Timmy Hoover -
Timmy Hoover -
You were saying?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:28 am
And yeah I'm good with the
And yeah I'm good with the Department Of Justice findings.
You?
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:29 am
Your link doesn't allege any
Your linked article doesn't allege any NRA leadership committed a crime. It suggests they are witnesses to a crime.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:37 am
T.O.D. on Tuesday, July 17,
I think you may be in the early stages of a stroke.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:40 am
T.O.D.'s flow charts start at
T.O.D.'s flow charts start at the bottom and work their way up.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:41 am
Obama's back!
Obama's back!
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 11:49 am
Ender-
Ender-
No smoke or fire here...
Paul Erickson has a significant public connection to Maria Butina, the founder of a Russian gun rights group called The Right to Bear Arms. Erickson said that met Butina when he and David Keene, a former NRA president, were at a Right to Bear Arms meeting in Moscow a few years ago, McClatchy reported.
In May 2016, Erickson sent an email to President Donald Trump’s campaign advisor, Rick Dearborn, asking Dearborn and then-Sen. Jeff Sessions to help him set up a meeting between Trump and Putin during the annual NRA convention. He wrote: “Putin is deadly serious about building a good relationship with Mr. Trump. He wants to extend an invitation to Mr. Trump to visit him in the Kremlin before the election,” the New York Times reported.
In January, McClatchy DC reported that the FBI was investigating whether Butina’s former boss, Alexander Torshin, funneled money from a Russian bank to the NRA to help Trump’s campaign. It’s illegal to use foreign money to influence federal elections. The sources for McClatchy’s article were all anonymous due to Mueller’s ongoing, confidential investigation. Torshin, a Russian politician, former Russian senator, and deputy governor of the Bank of Russia, has worked closely with NRA leaders in the past. He reportedly met with Donald Trump Jr. at the 2016 NRA Convention, NPR reported, and made repeated attempts to meet Trump at the convention, but there was no evidence that his attempts were successful.
Paul Erickson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
https://heavy.com/news/2018/07/paul-erickson/
Factual Reporting: HIGH
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 12:09 pm
(No subject)
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 01:13 pm
Russian Spy and the NRA.
Russian Spy and the NRA.
Nobody would've believed it.
Crazy times.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 01:24 pm
There were A LOT of Russian
There were A LOT of Russian Spies in the Oval Office that day perhaps even the guy all the way to the left, ironically.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 01:31 pm
Turns out the Lady in Red in
Turns out the Lady in Red in the Oval Office pic above is NOT the spy arrested yesterday. All of the other dudes are still actual Russian agents.
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/07/17/good-check-great-mariia-butina-ov...
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 01:52 pm
Spies, spies, spies. This
Spies, spies, spies. This is nothing new.
Spies in the White House? Remember this guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss
Female Russian spies infiltrating American businesses and lobbying groups? Anyone really surprised?
Only surprising thing is that the current President is not only in total denial of the obvious to the extreme embarrassment to the Country and himself, but appears in public actually siding with the Russians on the spying issue.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 02:00 pm
Bucky -
Bucky -
The White House is also saying that so it must be true.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 02:10 pm
https://www.snopes.com/fact
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/accused-russian-spy-mariia-butina-phot...
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 02:10 pm
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 02:20 pm
So ignore all the other spies
So ignore all the other spies in that pic. and the NRA Involvement....
Shit ton of facts below.
Paul Erickson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
https://heavy.com/news/2018/07/paul-erickson/
You gonna burn your NRA Membership Card Ender?
You never answered earlier, after requesting me to back up my claim against the NRA.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 02:26 pm
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 02:26 pm
Torshin might be the worst
Torshin might be the worst spy ever. He tweeted in Russian:
"Maria Butina is now in the US. She writes to me that D. Trump (a member of the NRA) is really for his cooperation with Russia"
I'm sure he meant that to be a direct message. It's still up here. I'm sure this was a tough case for the Feds to crack.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 02:50 pm
Here's a Timeline if you're
Here's a Timeline if you're interested...
Starts in 2011
Valuable primer on how NRA and National Prayer Breakfast functioned as tools for Russian spies
Timeline: The odd overlap of Maria Butina, the gun-rights movement and the 2016 election
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/16/timeline-the-...
Remember:
Witting or unwitting makes no difference.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 02:54 pm
>> Remember:
>> Remember:
>> Witting or unwitting makes no difference.
This is completely incorrect. It has to be "knowingly" according to the Federal Election Campaign Act.
The Act prohibits knowingly soliciting, accepting or receiving contributions or donations from foreign nationals. In this context, "knowingly" means that a person:
- Has actual knowledge that the funds solicited, accepted, or received are from a foreign national;
- Is aware of facts that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the funds solicited, accepted, or received are likely to be from a foreign national; or
- Is aware of facts that would lead a reasonable person to inquire whether the source of the funds solicited, accepted or received is a foreign national.
https://www.fec.gov/updates/foreign-nationals/
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 03:05 pm
Ender -
Ender -
I'm talking about Foreign Agent, Spy. Etc...
In short...
Even if the NRA knew nothing about the Russian Attack (They did and participated)
they're still guilty af.
The money they took from the Russians to funnel to the GOP is illegal.
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 03:08 pm
You're too stupid to argue
You're too stupid for me to argue with. I'm tapping out of this thread.
(And congratulations if you aren't stupid and you're trolling me. You got me.)
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on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – 05:29 pm
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