Russian agent Maria Butina released from US prison after 18 months behind bars

Issued on: 25/10/2019 – 17:32Modified: 25/10/2019 – 17:57

A Russian gun rights activist who admitted being a secret agent for the Kremlin and trying to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power has been released from federal prison.

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Thats according to a statement Friday from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which says it has taken custody of Maria Butina. Shes expected to return to Russia now that shes finished her 18-month sentence.

Butina pleaded guilty last December to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent.

Butina admitted that she sought to use conRead More – Source