Maria Butina, the Russian operative who used her NRA activism to illegally infiltrate conservative political circles, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a federal judge on Friday. NBCNews reports.
Maria Butina, the Russian operative who used her NRA activism to illegally infiltrate conservative political circles, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a federal judge on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan gave Butina credit for nine months of time served. The judge ordered her deported as soon as her time is up.Read more from NBC News Grand Canyon deaths: After latest fatal fall, tourists still drawn to the edge Butina addressed the court and insisted she wasn't working as a spy, and only wanted to mend Russia-U.S. relations.
"Further, in papers seized by the FBI, Butina complained about living with U.S. Person 1 and expressed disdain for continuing to cohabitate with U.S. Person 1." Defense lawyers had asked Judge Chutkan for no jail time, writing in a sentencing memo that she has"always been willing to cooperate with the government."
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