Court on the Legal Defense team thats repmag representing maria buttina. To try on influence the 2016 election on behalf of the russian government. Maria butinas lawyer has done lots of interviews and made lots of appearances. Prosecutors are asking for the judge to put a gag order on her lawyer so he will be restricted to only pleading her case in court rather than on tv. She of course remains in jail tonight awaiting trial. The judge in her case refused to allow her out on bail after prosecutors argued that she was a severe flight risk. They argued that her extensive alleged ties to the russian government would create too strong a possibility that she would take refuge in the Russian Embassy in washington or otherwise find a way to flee country to avoid this prosecution. So she did not get bail. She does not even yet have a date set for her trial. It looks like she will be in jail until that trial happens. And small world, as it happens. The jail where she is being held this very nig
Discussed replacing potentially President Trump even wiretapping him. Of course, some sources telling msnbc news look, he was having those conversations sarcastically, the conversations taking place after the president fired former fbi director james comey. Rod rosenstein came out with a statement denying the New York Times report. But theres no doubt that all of that created a lot of consternation here within the white house, within the trump administration, and for the president. He referenced it when he was in missouri over the weekend, talked about the fact that there was something going on within the Justice Department. There was no doubt that that only added to the president s ire when it comes to some of the Law Enforcement officials and, of course, the broader russia probe which Rod Rosenstein oversees. So we are watching very closely to see what happens here. Its worth noting, craig, that senator Lindsey Graham over the weekend was very firm in the wake of that New York Times
Court in washington asking for a gag order to be imposed by the court on the Legal Defense team thats representing maria butina. Maria butina, of course, is accused of being a secret russian agent who infiltrated the nra and the conservative movement more broadly to try to influence the 2016 election on behalf of the russian government. Maria butinas lawyer has done lots of interviews and made lots of media appearances since he started representing her in this case. Prosecutors are asking for the judge to put a gag order on her lawyer so he will be restricted to only pleading her case in court rather than on tv. Maria butina remains in jail tonight waiting trial. The judge in her case refused to allow her out on bail after prosecutors argued that she was a severe flight risk. They argued that her extensive alleged ties to the russian government would create too strong a possibility that she would take refuge in the Russian Embassy in washington or otherwise find a way to flee the count
Particularly in the courts. Just tonight, for example, after close of business, the u. S. Attorney in washington, d. C. Filed this motion in federal court in washington asking for a gag order to be imposed by the court on the Legal Defense team court on the Legal Defense team representing maria buttina. To try on influence the 2016 election on behalf of the russian government. Maria butinas lawyer has done lots of interviews and made lots of appearances. Prosecutors are asking for the judge to put a gag order on her lawyer so he will be restricted to only pleading her case in court rather than on tv. She of course remains in jail tonight awaiting trial. The judge in her case refused to allow her out on bail after prosecutors argued that she was a severe flight risk. They argued that her extensive alleged ties to the russian government would create too strong a possibility that she would take refuge in the Russian Embassy in washington or otherwise find a way to flee country to avoid th
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