Butina sought to cultivate ties with the National Rifle Association and even a presidential candidate, who is unnamed in the filing, in a bid to establish a communications backchannel between the Russian government
Federal prosecutors are asking for Maria Butina to receive 18 months in prison for conspiring to act as an agent of Russia in an effort to influence U.S. politics by cultivating ties to gun rights activists and conservative political circles.
"She undeniably worked in the United States to gather that information, provide it, and attempt to establish herself as a backchannel of communication," prosecutors wrote."Had she successfully done so, the risks to the United States would have included harm to this country's political processes, internal government dealings, and U.S. foreign policy interests."
Butina said it was important to cultivate ties with the campaign of a presidential candidate, unnamed in the court filing, to help them"form the correct view of Russian-American relations." According to the filing, Butina and the unnamed Russian official did not meet with the presidential candidate at the gun rights organization's meetings.
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