{"id":29864,"date":"2018-07-16T16:57:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T21:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=29864"},"modified":"2018-07-16T16:57:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T21:57:34","slug":"check-your-congresscritter-at-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/check-your-congresscritter-at-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Check your congresscritter at the door"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maria Butina is a Russian Spy who has been working with US politicians and the NRA to develop special relationships.<\/p>\n

That spy is now being charged by the US Justice Department.<\/p>\n

From WaPo:<\/a><\/p>\n

Butina is accused of developing relationships with American politicians and a \u201cgun rights organization,\u201d none of which are named in the affidavit supporting the criminal complaint. FBI Special Agent Kevin Helson wrote that Butina was attempting to \u201cestablish a \u2018back channel\u2019 communication for representatives of the Government of Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

The affidavit also contains apparent communications, by direct message on Twitter, between Butina and the unnamed Russian official. \u201cYour political star has risen in the sky,\u201d the official told Butina. \u201cNow it is important to rise to the zenith and not burn out (fall) prematurely,\u201d and they later discussed the \u201cRussia-USA friendship society.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2017, Butina and the official attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, the affidavit states.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"Is your representative in Congress one of Maria Butina, friend of the Proboscidea’s traitors? (Though perhaps I should not assume all the turncoats are Republicans.)<\/p>\n

Here’s her facebook page<\/a>, by the way.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to find out who represents you in Congress.<\/p>\n

Then, click here<\/a> to find out if they are a spy for Putin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maria Butina is a Russian Spy who has been working with US politicians and the NRA to develop special relationships. That spy is now being charged by the US Justice Department. From WaPo: Butina is accused of developing relationships with American politicians and a \u201cgun rights organization,\u201d none of which are named in the affidavit … Continue reading Check your congresscritter at the door<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Maria_Butina_Facebook_Profile_Pic_Greg_Laden_Blog.png?fit=346%2C336&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-7LG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29868,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864\/revisions\/29868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}