All she did is get the coffee
DĂ©jĂ vu all over again: Putin said it. DOTUS believes it. That settles it.
[Putin] emphasized that “she hasn’t carried out any tasks set by the government, government organs, no matter what she says, facing the … prospect of spending 12-15 years in prison.”
Sure, it’s possible in general.
An innocent person can plead guilty if that’s her best option.
Just as a corrupt Russian president can lie through his teeth, if that’s his best option.
What else is new?
Putin: “I’m shocked, shocked I tell you that a woman with ties to a dear friend and colleague of mine would think she was working for us or Russia. I don’t want to think about about Torshin was doing with her, disgusting, but I and the Russian Federation didn’t have anything to do with this.”
“As always, should you or any of your IM force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.”
Yup, she was the covfefe girl. Nothing to see here.
it’s been a while since I heard that one…!
Maria Butina was issued a 1099 by the Russian Federation, not a W-2. So she was an independent contractor, not an employee who worked for the Russian government.
Hope the judge takes note of that.
And then does a Flynn with Butina, questioning whether, based on the statements from the Russian President, she wants to withdraw her guilty plea…
The only reason Putin made this statement is that there are a lot of people in this country who are stupid enough to believe it, i.e., Trump voters.
Yes!!! Yes Comrade Lysenko!!! Amen!!!
He’s said the same about the London poisoners.
This could become a pattern: Not a Russian government agent…Never met him. She’s not even Russian…That accent is fake…Medvedev? Who’s he? Putin could become the world’s foremost proponent of small government.
I can’t think of anything that makes the case of Butina being a highly placed Russian spy more convincingly than Putin taking time out of his day to comment on her. If she were truly a nobody, we wouldn’t be reading this article.
Well that clears things up!
I’m so relived. You can trust Vald to give it to you straight.
Is “she hasn’t carried out any tasks set by the government” code for “You have failed me for the last time”?
He may be technically correct. She was a sub- or sub-sub contractor.
Perhaps he can work out a deal where she gets put behind “wall”.
The reporting on this is just inadequate. It never says if he strongly denied it.