California GOP Congressman Rohrabacher met with accused Russian agent Maria Butina in St. Petersburg
Source: East Bay Times
Orange County GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Russia in 2015 with a woman later charged by federal officials for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of the Kremlin in a covert endeavor to shape American politics.
News of the 2015 meeting confirmed Tuesday by Rohrabachers office came the same day he told Politico that Mondays indictment of 29-year-old Maria Butina was bogus and stupid, saying he believes the allegations are part of a larger plot to undermine President Donald Trumps relationship with Russia.
The Justice Dept. accused Butina of establishing back-channel lines of communications to American politicians in recent years to penetrate the U.S. national decision-making apparatus to advance the agenda of the Russian Federation.
The indictment states that as part of that plot, Butina had discussions with a Russian official reported to be Alexander Torshin, an influential deputy governor of the Russian central bank about his plans to meet with a U.S. Congressman during a Congressional Delegation trip to Moscow in August 2015.
Read more: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/07/18/orange-county-congressman-rohrabacher-met-with-accused-spy-in-russia/
NBC reports this: Accused Russian agent Mariia Butina tried to trade sex for influence, say prosecutors
The "Red Sparrow" scenario was unveiled in a memorandum that laid out reasons why prosecutors believe Mariia Butina, 29, should remain jailed until trial.
Butina who allegedly conspired with a Russian politician and banker to push Moscow's agenda in the U.S. is due in federal court in Washington on Wednesday afternoon for a detention hearing. The judge refused her request to wear civilian clothing and forego handcuffs for the appearance.
In arguing that Butina is a flight risk, prosecutors said her only tie to the U.S. is a "personal relationship" with an unidentified man which is branded "duplicitous," suggesting she was using him for her own means. According to The Washington Post, the mans description matches that of Republican operative Paul Erickson.
sandensea
(21,677 posts)onecaliberal
(32,906 posts)sandensea
(21,677 posts)onecaliberal
(32,906 posts)sandensea
(21,677 posts)onecaliberal
(32,906 posts)sandensea
(21,677 posts)Would solve our obesity and diabetes epidemic in two years, tops.
bucolic_frolic
(43,340 posts)These guys have a lot invested in their Russian connections for some reason
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)dalton99a
(81,631 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Here's a link to the Washington Post report on what Ryan and McCarthy were conspiring about - whispering about other republican traitors who have betrayed America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d1cd3324ff73
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)lock them up
deminks
(11,018 posts)kimbutgar
(21,215 posts)Rohrabacher is a Russian asset doing Putins bidding.he is a traitor to our country and should be arrested immediately for his treason. Colluding with a foreign country again the US.
sandensea
(21,677 posts)As you know, the Register is like Faux News on newsprint - and its (declining) readership demands a steady diet of Cheeto adoration and race-baiting.
kimbutgar
(21,215 posts)I might check out the site to see if I can kick in some money.
sandensea
(21,677 posts)WinstonSmith4740
(3,059 posts)Message me, and if I can, I'll meet your donation. This billboard needs to go up. Maybe a "Go Fund Me"?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)his own ass.
Hope Butina is singing like a bird to Mueller and the FBI...she was loved by the highest ranks of the evil NRA.
On the other hand anyone not having been educated by Rocky and Bullwinkle in their youth could easily have been innocently duped, right?
Mr.Bill
(24,333 posts)We can only hope.
Paladin
(28,276 posts)Last edited Wed Jul 18, 2018, 05:04 PM - Edit history (1)
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)It's much more likely there are probably multiple hard drives, solid state memory devices, and DVDs of it, along with the Pee Pee tape and tRump pledging loyalty to Putin and Russia.
erronis
(15,371 posts)I'm sure much of this is already available in online streaming services via 4chan.
If the magats could see pictures of the pute f'n their prez, would they care?
WinstonSmith4740
(3,059 posts)You could show those morons pictures of him doing his own daughter and they wouldn't care. Shit. You could show them pictures of him screwing THEIR underage daughters and they wouldn't care.
Paladin
(28,276 posts)Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Sort of overly nitpicking argumentmy sad attempt at humor. 😪
Paladin
(28,276 posts)OnDoutside
(19,974 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Gross.
OnDoutside
(19,974 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,477 posts)Hassler
(3,392 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,256 posts)WinstonSmith4740
(3,059 posts)Folks, this may be the introduction to the main event we've been waiting for. Bless Robert Mueller...it's been maddeningly slow, but I think the man has put together an air tight case. Rohrabacher, Manafort, Stone...they're all going down. Hard. And they're so arrogant and used to getting by with lying and cheating, they have no idea the ax is really gonna fall. As Trump watches the dominoes fall, he's going to become more and more unhinged.
This is gonna be great. Really should have invested in popcorn futures.
durablend
(7,465 posts)I see what you did there