have someone showing up on your doorstep saying hi, i m a russian spy and lied you to spy on your country. john brennan talked about this in his congressional hearing last year where he said people stumble down a treasonous path sometimes without realize wag they re doing. so what you see here is maria and her colleagues like aleksandr torshin sort of befriending people in conservative tub circles at the nra such that after the election, they could come back and then it s not sort of some weird russian asking you for a favor. it s your buddy maria who took you on had great trip and takes you out to some really wonderful dippers along the way. and she s not asking for anything big just for this small little favor to help curry some of political influence here. i was going to ask garrett this, but i ll ask you, juliette. the charging document talks about the role of butina s boyfriend paul eriksson and the advice he gave her all along the
ask you, julia. the charging document talks about the role of butina s boyfriend, republican political operative paul eriksson and the advice he gave for her along the way in her plan. talk about his culpability, if any, he s in trouble. i don t know, i don t know if he s in trouble, but it certainly seems like he would be. like, he provided a lot of material, helped to butina along the way. like garrett said, stumbling head first down the treasonous path. he was providing her, again, according to the charging document, he was providing her with backgrounders on all of the morn officials who went on the moscow trip, telling her how powerful and influential each of them were. that s just one example of the help he provided her. it s interesting that she kind of had him in a romantic relationship. we ve seen this before with another russian red head spy, maria yeah, maria chapman. anna chapman. anna chapman, sorry. i should know my russian spies better.