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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScott Walker met with woman now charged in Russian plot during his presidential bid
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/16/scott-walker-during-presidential-bid-met-woman-now-arrested-russian-plot/789978002/MADISON A Siberian woman charged as part of an alleged Russian plot to interfere with U.S. politics was at Gov. Scott Walkers presidential campaign launch and said she did not see him as being hostile toward Russia.
The woman, Maria Butina, attempted to establish lines of communication with American politicians that could be used to influence U.S. policies Russia, according to court documents filed Monday.
Butina was arrested Sunday and the criminal complaint against her was unsealed Monday in Washington, D.C.
Walker, who is seeking a third term this year, made a brief bid for the GOP nomination for president in 2015. Butina, 29, attended the launch of his campaign in Waukesha, according to a report this May from Mother Jones magazine that included a photo of an online post by Butina from the event.
Earlier, in April 2015, Butina posted photos of her talking with Walker and other politicians in Tennessee, according to Mother Jones. In a blog post attributed to her at the time, Butina said Walker greeted her in Russian and she did not detect any hostility from him toward Russia, according to an April 2018 report from Rolling Stone.
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Snotty Walker, Butina and Alexander Torshin.
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Scott Walker met with woman now charged in Russian plot during his presidential bid (Original Post)
deminks
Jul 2018
OP
No wonder Wisconsin is so fucked up. It isn't the state I moved from 22 years ago. n/t
rzemanfl
Jul 2018
#1
Wow. Perhaps the Russians determined Walker was just a tad smarter, so decided to stick with Trump?
Freethinker65
Jul 2018
#3
The democrat running against him in November need to pound Walker with this. nt
Blue_true
Jul 2018
#6
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)1. No wonder Wisconsin is so fucked up. It isn't the state I moved from 22 years ago. n/t
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. 'The plot thickens'
hmmmmmmm . . .
Freethinker65
(10,017 posts)3. Wow. Perhaps the Russians determined Walker was just a tad smarter, so decided to stick with Trump?
Stick with Trump for President, and be content with Walker as the idiot governor.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)4. What.An.Ass.
(I have to post that when I see a photo of him).
malaise
(268,968 posts)5. And dropped out of the race first if my memory is working
Interesting - for what price
They're on to all of them
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)6. The democrat running against him in November need to pound Walker with this. nt