Quote (thundercock @ Aug 18 2022 08:16pm)
I think people are unaware that she's a member of the Duma lol.
lol that's after she was released from jail and deported. You might want to check the timeline
Quote (fender @ Aug 18 2022 08:06pm)
you're doing your thing there: making some meaningless general statement that has very little to do with the specific topic we're talking about.
in this context, it IS unreasonable to spin your moronic conspiracies, especially as neither SHE nor her LAWYERS ever even suggested her confession was "coerced" - not even when she was back home in russia, where she was pretty much celebrated as a successful "spy", and is bathing in that image rather shamelessly, loyally serving pootin's "united russia" party these days.
how ignorant or dishonest would you have to be to simply dismiss all that context and rather resort to idiotic commonplaces like "it's not unreasonable to doubt the FBI"? geez...
lol you failed to read the article you quoted from you useless purple-haired clown or did you find it convenient to not mention it
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On April 26, 2019, Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, in accordance with the recommendations of prosecutors.[65]
Butina later complained that in the U.S., she was forced to sign a plea-deal. She claimed that she was sentenced for simply being Russian.[66]
And:
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Leonid Slutsky, head of the lower house of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee, called Butina's case a "modern political inquisition."[70] Russia's Foreign Ministry accused the United States of forcing false confession from Butina.[71] According to the foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, "having created unbearable conditions for her and threatening her with a long jail sentence, she was literally forced to sign up to absolutely ridiculous charges."[72]
Which btw proves my hunch was right and they just pressured her to plea guilty "or else"