The New York Times is reporting on Saturday that prosecutors in the Maria Butina case have walked back their previous accusation that the alleged Russian spy had offered sex for political access. Apparently the DOJ now realizes the texts that were central to proving this allegation were just actually “playful banter”:
BAD LOOK FOR @THEJUSTICEDEPT'S RUSSIA INVESTIGATORS: Prosecutors admit they mischaracterized playful banter between MARIA BUTINA & a colleague as an effort to use sex as a spy tool as part of a Russian effort to infiltrate GOP politics. nytimes.com/2018/09/08/us/…
Prosecutors can plant wrong, inflammatory, and damaging stories about defendants with no real consequence, part 24,873 nytimes.com/2018/09/08/us/…
To quote @Bratcherfirm, "That is a hell of a misinterpretation of a conversation about renewing car insurance." twitter.com/Bratcherfirm/s…
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