of the russian government secretly working here in our country on the kremlin's behalf. on the other hand, the only way she'll get out with little to no jail time presumably if prosecutors and the fbi attest to the fact she's been an effective cooperator helping the u.s. justice department and the fbi in their inquiries into, among other things, russia's interference in our presidential election. if she has substantialhelped wi justice department inquiries, that's the way she'll get out soon, but that might make going home a mixed-emotions sort of thing, right? we will know tomorrow when we get that status hearing in maria butina's case. her lawyer tonight has confirmed to our office what he told russian news media within the last few days, that butina's passport has, in fact, been handed over to u.s. immigration authorities and in robert driss