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And why he disappeared? Maybe this is why Manafort has clammed up.
Russian operative Maria Butina has cut a cooperating plea deal today, after a few weeks of increasingly loud hints that she was planning to do so. This is bad news for Donald Trump, the NRA, John Bolton, Dana Rohrabacher, and a number of other people. But as it turns out, its really bad news for Butinas handler in the Russian government.
By all accounts, Maria Butina was taking direct instructions from Vladimir Putins ally Aleksandr Torshin, who has previously held high positions in the Russian government, and has most recently been a top official in a Putin-controlled Russian bank. But ten days ago, just as news reports were getting louder that Butina was about to flip, Torshin quietly resigned from the bank out of the blue. Now Rachel Maddow is reporting on MSNBC that Torshin appears to have vanished entirely.
By all accounts, Maria Butina was taking direct instructions from Vladimir Putins ally Aleksandr Torshin, who has previously held high positions in the Russian government, and has most recently been a top official in a Putin-controlled Russian bank. But ten days ago, just as news reports were getting louder that Butina was about to flip, Torshin quietly resigned from the bank out of the blue. Now Rachel Maddow is reporting on MSNBC that Torshin appears to have vanished entirely.
This tells you just how costly and dangerous the Trump-Russia scandal is becoming on Vladimir Putins end. Thats before getting to whichever American participants were just given up by Maria Butina. Its time for everyone in this scandal to panic.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/handler-maria-butina-disappears-plea/14643/
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Sometimes Im not sure
Me.
(35,454 posts)is that Rachel has covered it
pecosbob
(7,547 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)or does it never show up?