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Butina's republican boyfriend spills the beans.. (Original Post) pbmus Dec 2018 OP
I especially want to see the Republican/NRA/Russia thing exposed. dem4decades Dec 2018 #1
Every Republican who accepted NRA money Duppers Dec 2018 #17
Collusion case made! lindysalsagal Dec 2018 #2
And this links the GOP overall! Not just Twitler! Roland99 Dec 2018 #5
K&R Scurrilous Dec 2018 #3
She looks good in orange. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #4
Nonsense PJMcK Dec 2018 #15
Trump will look as he should wearing orange. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #34
He already IS orange. davsand Dec 2018 #20
Colbert said it would be like seeing him naked Danascot Dec 2018 #24
Trump Campaign, GOP, and NRA colluding with Russia to commit conspiracy against the US. Claritie Pixie Dec 2018 #6
Can you say Money Laundering alfredo Dec 2018 #7
Yup! ... aggiesal Dec 2018 #9
The world's slowest perp-walk? eom HopeAgain Dec 2018 #19
But satisfying. alfredo Dec 2018 #44
Scary photo of Butina at the link pecosbob Dec 2018 #8
I agree. She's not smiling and bubbly as she once was. yonder Dec 2018 #11
She probably realizes that she is dead meat Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2018 #12
not just her but her family in russia AlexSFCA Dec 2018 #13
Witness Protection? HootieMcBoob Dec 2018 #14
Not according to Malcolm Nance. He was on Stephanie Miller this morning talking about this. dameatball Dec 2018 #16
I'm sure that is true... sdfernando Dec 2018 #21
Try to listen to a rebroadcast if you can. Nance says it is part of the bargain they make when they dameatball Dec 2018 #22
Of course they send replacements...I'd expect nothing less from them. sdfernando Dec 2018 #25
Okay. I thought the information was interesting. Have a good evening. dameatball Dec 2018 #29
Yeah, well that didn't work out all that well for several on "The Americans". Texin Dec 2018 #30
iI have not seen that. What point are you making? dameatball Dec 2018 #33
Thanks. Link: klook Dec 2018 #37
Thom Hartmann just took it a step further. He thinks she had permission from Russia to plead guilty. dameatball Dec 2018 #41
Could get real interesting. klook Dec 2018 #43
Wow. HootieMcBoob Dec 2018 #40
"I'll get you, my pretty. And your little dog, too" MineralMan Dec 2018 #39
And there we go! I knew it! octoberlib Dec 2018 #10
NRA tiptonic Dec 2018 #18
Identified as Cuck 1. gibraltar72 Dec 2018 #23
Not just federal help but state figures like Walker AllyCat Dec 2018 #26
How many of The GOP photographed w/ Butina took NRA money Pachamama Dec 2018 #27
My thought too. Delphinus Dec 2018 #35
Wow! peggysue2 Dec 2018 #28
Cohen was the RNC deputy finance chairman and now is in jail for felonies. Gore1FL Dec 2018 #31
House Investigative Committee--let's go. slumcamper Dec 2018 #32
if that is true, why isn't he in jail with her???????????????? Takket Dec 2018 #36
k and r Achilleaze Dec 2018 #38
With boyfriends like these who needs a Mueller enema? ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #42

Claritie Pixie

(2,199 posts)
6. Trump Campaign, GOP, and NRA colluding with Russia to commit conspiracy against the US.
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 04:12 PM
Dec 2018

I wonder which one of the traitorous GOP scoundrels will make a statement of denial?

Can't wait to see the evidence.

pecosbob

(7,537 posts)
8. Scary photo of Butina at the link
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 04:44 PM
Dec 2018

I see murder and contempt in those eyes. Contempt is difficult to conceal.

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)
13. not just her but her family in russia
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 05:07 PM
Dec 2018

kgb tactics always include targeting (innocent) family members of spies who defect/spill the beans.

HootieMcBoob

(3,823 posts)
14. Witness Protection?
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 05:12 PM
Dec 2018

I wonder if a witness protection sort of thing might be considered depending on how much she’s willing to cooperate.

dameatball

(7,396 posts)
16. Not according to Malcolm Nance. He was on Stephanie Miller this morning talking about this.
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 05:21 PM
Dec 2018

In his opinion she was directed prior to ever come here, that if caught, she was to plead guilty and await a spy exchange after serving some time. He claimed that all Russian "assets" that are sent here to seek information while posing as average people are instructed in their training to do that. They will be eventually welcomed back home. I think that is why she pleaded guilty fairly quickly.
Malcolm usually knows his stuff.

sdfernando

(4,930 posts)
21. I'm sure that is true...
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 05:36 PM
Dec 2018

....but what awaits them when they get back home. I think "welcomed back home" is probably a bit over the top....more likey, you weren't careful, you got caught, you messed up, here drink the tea....or something like that.

dameatball

(7,396 posts)
22. Try to listen to a rebroadcast if you can. Nance says it is part of the bargain they make when they
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 05:43 PM
Dec 2018

are being trained. We kicked out a bunch of spies a while back. I think it was Seattle, but not sure. They just sent new ones in to take their place.

sdfernando

(4,930 posts)
25. Of course they send replacements...I'd expect nothing less from them.
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 05:52 PM
Dec 2018

I'm just saying they may live longer if they remain here rather than go back to Russia.

dameatball

(7,396 posts)
41. Thom Hartmann just took it a step further. He thinks she had permission from Russia to plead guilty.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 03:41 PM
Dec 2018

He then postulated that this could very will be a sign that Putin is washing his hands of the useful idiot.

klook

(12,154 posts)
43. Could get real interesting.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:00 PM
Dec 2018

In his latest podcast, Preet Bharara points out that this matter was referred to the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s office. Similar to the Michael Cohen case (which went to SDNY), it could still end up being part of the Mueller investigation.

HootieMcBoob

(3,823 posts)
40. Wow.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 02:52 PM
Dec 2018

I guess, as long as she only implicates the nincompoops within the GOP and the NRA then she really isn't doing anything to damage either Putin or Russia. I'm sure they've thought of all of the contingencies.

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
39. "I'll get you, my pretty. And your little dog, too"
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 01:45 PM
Dec 2018

Mitch McConnell had better start planning for a short trip, I think.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
28. Wow!
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 06:22 PM
Dec 2018

Erickson certainly folded quickly unless the FBI and Mueller have been squeezing him over the last few months. With Butina's plea deal, maybe he figured he was thoroughly hosed. The admission itself is huge, even though everyone suspected the NRA had been used as a conduit and Russia-to-GOP money spigot, now you have the connection(s) & confessions that made that happen.

Puzzle pieces coming together in realtime.

I'm betting there will be many sleepless nights for numerous Republican personalities and politicians after this admission.

The long-knives are coming!

Even Putin is putting out the false narrative: Maria who? Butina? I asked around--no one knows who she is.

Hahaha.

This after months of Russian embassies screaming and tweeting for her release.

Lots of mobsters getting very anxious as that puzzle starts to come together and a clear criminal picture materializes.

Gore1FL

(21,128 posts)
31. Cohen was the RNC deputy finance chairman and now is in jail for felonies.
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 06:35 PM
Dec 2018

I don't think it is difficult too conclude this has deep malignancies throughout the right.

slumcamper

(1,606 posts)
32. House Investigative Committee--let's go.
Wed Dec 12, 2018, 06:43 PM
Dec 2018

Erickson.

Butina.

Who is their CFO? Woody Phillips? Where has that scum been hiding during all these mass shooting?

LaPierre.

Loesch.

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