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December 14, 2018

Russian Gun Activist Pleads Guilty to Acting as Foreign Agent
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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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