Prosecutors seek 18-month prison term for Maria Butina, who is scheduled to be sentenced this week
Washington - US prosecutors are seeking an 18-month jail sentence for a Russian gun-rights activist who pled guilty to conspiring to act as a foreign agent by infiltrating conservative American groups on behalf of her government.
But while she was interviewed by Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian meddling, her case arose from an earlier operation and was handled by the US attorney for the District of Columbia. Butina had predicted early in the last presidential campaign that Donald Trump would be the next US president, and she sought ways to gain influence through conservative groups with the ultimate goal of influencing US foreign policy.
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