Billie.jeens wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:51 pm
Lemons wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:49 pm
Not sure why you asked how was she a spy then. It’s pretty clear.
Then you should have no trouble explaining it
BACKGROUND
Title 18, U.S. Code, sections 371 (Conspiracy) and 951 (Agents of Foreign Governments)
3. Title 18 of the United States Code, section 371 (Conspiracy to Commit Offense or to
Defraud United States), makes it a criminal offense for any person(s) to conspire together with one
or more others either to commit an offense against the United States or to defraud the United States,
or any agency thereof, in any manner or for any purpose.
4. Title 18 of the United States Code, section 951 (Agents of Foreign Governments),
makes it a criminal offense for any person, other than a diplomatic or consular official or attache,
to act in the United States as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification to the
Attorney General, as required by law. For purposes of this law, the term "agent of a foreign
government" includes an individual who agrees to operate within the United States subject to the
direction or control of a foreign government or official.
Relevant Persons and Definitions
5. Defendant BUTINA is a Russian citizen who entered the United States in August 2016
on an F-1 Student Visa. Before and after her arrival in the United States, BUTINA served as
Special Assistant to the RUSSIAN OFFICIAL. Conspiring together, BUTINA and the RUSSIAN
OFFICIAL took various overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect the illegal purpose
thereof.
6. The RUSSIAN OFFICIAL is a Russian citizen and a high-level official in the Russian
government. The RUSSIAN OFFICIAL was previously a member of the legislature of the Russian
Federation and later became a top official at the Russian Central Bank. TheRUSSIAN OFFICIAL
directed BUTINA's activities in furtherance of the conspiracy