{"id":1296157,"date":"2018-12-11T01:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1296157"},"modified":"2018-12-11T04:32:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T02:32:15","slug":"accused-russian-spy-maria-butina-reaches-plea-deal-with-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2018\/12\/accused-russian-spy-maria-butina-reaches-plea-deal-with-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused Russian spy Maria Butina reaches plea deal with feds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina \u2014 who is accused of trying to broker a deal between Vladimir Putin and President Trump \u2014 has reached a\u2026<\/b>
\nAlleged Russian spy Maria Butina \u2014 who is accused of trying to broker a deal between Vladimir Putin and President Trump \u2014 has reached a plea agreement in federal court that includes her cooperating with \u201cany ongoing investigations.\u201d
Butina will plead guilty to conspiracy for working with Republican operative Paul Erickson and a Russian official to establish unofficial lines of communication between US politicians and the Kremlin, according to ABC News .
The agreement, signed on Saturday, carries a maximum sentence of 5 years \u2014 although Butina could get a more lenient penalty for her cooperation, the network said.
It was not clear which investigation Butina might serve as a cooperating witness. Erikson, also her former boyfriend, is being probed by feds.
Butina regularly appeared at GOP events and asked then-candidate Trump a question about sanctions with Russia in 2015 at an event in Las Vegas, Nevada .<\/p>\n