The first Russian to be convicted of trying to infiltrate and influence American policymakers in the run-up to the 2016 election walked into a courtroom on Friday with her head held high, gazing defiantly at the audience that had gathered to watch her plead guilty.Wearing a green prison uniform over a billowy long-sleeved shirt with two large holes in each elbow, Maria Butina affirmed to a judge in the Washington, D.C. District Court that between 2015 and 2018, she acted with another American, under the direction of a Russian official, as a foreign agent to “establish unofficial lines of communication” …read more
Source: The Atlantic
