The Russian agent is speaking out against former conservative operative and pardoned felon Paul Erickson for the first time since their romance fell apart.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/CSPANMaria Butina, the notorious Russian agent who admitted to working with her American ex-boyfriend to infiltrate U.S. political circles, is finally speaking out about her whirlwind romance with conservative operative Paul Erickson.Five years after her confession—in which she admitted to trying to “establish unofficial lines of communication with Americans having power and influence over U.S. politics,” according to her plea deal—Buti