relaying it back to alexander tortian back in russia. he is a really important figure. he headed the central bank. he was a russian senator. but more importantly he was named by spanish the spanish law enforcement as being very kind of heading up an organized criminal group that was laundering russian money in spain where we know putin has some property. so this guy is really tied with some nasty, dirty illegal stuff, and she seemed to be his assistant and his kind of eyes and ears on the ground here in the u.s. harry, i m sure some are quick to dismiss, oh, you know, look, the red head femme fatal russian. she was more than that. she was sophisticated, she got things done. she had connections. the fbi affidavit says butina was working to establish back channel lines of communications with american politicians. the intent of, quote, those
yesterday. the fbi writes in part, quote, moscow seeks to create wedges that reduce trust and confidence in the democratic process, denigrate democratic efforts and weaken u.s. partnerships with european allies. ivan perez joins me now. what do we know about her? mariia butina spent the last few years trying to make inroads with conservative political organizations including the national rifle association. the goal according to the charges filed in federal court was to influence american politics to, quote, advance the agenda of the russian federat n federation. prosecutors said in court documents there were americans involved in trying to help her. butina worked with a russian official named alexander tortian that was put on the list earlier this year.
russia and had dealings with the russian security police, fsb. this is a case of the russians using oddly enough their soft power which is americans interests in guns. and using that to develop contacts, make contacts with people ostensibly out of a joint mutual interest in shooting weapons, but in fact sometimes there is something behind that which leads to an intelligence operation. so jared kushner was e-mailed from alexander tortian, was asked to have an official to attend the event. these e-mails were not disclosed from jared kushner. how much trouble couldfeezly be in? it is a crime to engage in