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What did the Senate Intelligence Committee conclude about Butina?

  • She persuaded the Trump campaign to establish a secret channel with Russia

  • She was innocent of all charges

  • She was a double agent for the US and Russia

  • She was a CIA operative

Answer

The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that Maria Butina, a Russian national who infiltrated the National Rifle Association, persuaded the Trump campaign to establish a secret channel with Russia. The committee's report, released in 2018, found that Butina had close ties to Russian intelligence and that she had been working to establish a back channel between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
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