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Russian Gun Activist Pleads Guilty to Acting as Foreign Agent

HeadlineDec 14, 2018

Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina has pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as a Russian agent without registering with the Justice Department. Butina has been jailed since July after being accused of trying to infiltrate the NRA and other right-wing groups in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

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