Camille Cole - Russian Spy Works With US Government to Avoid Jail
Summary: Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina has reached a plea deal with the United States Government after she infiltrated GOP circles such as the NRA right before the 2016 election. Her plea deal will mostly pertain to information about how her boyfriend was involved as well as all of her relationships and interactions with her handlers.
Analysis: This is an interesting point in the way that the prosecution method of the United States works. Somebody has committed a crime and now they can get their sentence wiped clean or limited if they give up information about other people involved with the crime too. I believe it is just to do this, however it also can get pushed too far if corrupt people get on the other side of the plea deal. This immediately reminded me of the Rosenbergs back in the Cold War who were executed for providing information to the USSR.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/10/politics/maria-butina-plea/index.html
The amount of evidence building up to support the ties between Russia and the U.S. has reached such a high level that there have to at least be some people in the government colluding with them.
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DeleteThis is fascinating. Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention.
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