Tag: Maria Butina

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Washington.

White House claims ‘media hysteria’ after redheaded staffer misidentified as Russian spy

Steven Nelson · July 18, 2018 7:47 pm

Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina had ties to Russian intelligence agency, jailed pending trial

Kelly Cohen · July 18, 2018 6:32 pm

In this photo taken on April 21, 2013, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Butina, a 29-year-old gun-rights activist, served as a covert Russian agent while living in Washington, gathering intelligence on American officials and political organizations and working to establish back-channel lines of communications for the Kremlin, federal prosecutors charged Monday, July 16, 2018.

Maria Butina, Russian national with ties to NRA, indicted 24 hours after being charged

Kelly Cohen · July 17, 2018 9:45 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to President Trump during a press conference after their meeting in Helsinki on July 16, 2018.

Russian national charged with helping the Kremlin influence US politics

Kelly Cohen · July 16, 2018 7:18 pm