| Notes |
https://laddeveritt.medium.com/meet-u-s-person-2-in-maria-butinas-spy-ring-2b136bf7bf6f
Russian spy Maria Butina was indicted on July 17, 2018 on charges of acting as a foreign agent in the United States without providing proper notification to the Attorney General. GOP operative/NRA representative Paul Erickson, identified as “U.S. Person 1” in court documents, was Butina’s chief co-conspirator in a multi-year “covert influence operation” aimed at winning establishment GOP support for Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy goals vis-a-vis the United States. That operation relied on support from both NRA leaders and organizers with the National Prayer Breakfast. |