A federal judge has agreed to a one-month delay after prosecutors said the case was not ready for sentencing.
By Spencer S. Hsu Spencer S. Hsu Investigative reporter Email Bio Follow February 26 at 5:17 PM Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty in December to conspiring with a senior Russian official to infiltrate conservative American political circles as an undeclared Kremlin agent, is continuing to cooperate with investigators and her case is not ready for sentencing, prosecutors said Tuesday. U.S.
Butina has been detained for a substantial portion of whatever sentence she likely faces,” Chutkan said. “However, given her agreement . . . her cooperation continues to be needed by the government.” [Russian woman pleads guilty to trying to forge bonds between Kremlin and conservatives] According to her plea deal, Butina began acting on behalf of the Russian government in 2015 and continued her work after moving to the United States to attend graduate school at American University in 2016.
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