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Who did Maria Butina target to influence during the 2016 US presidential election?

  • The Trump campaign

  • Hillary Clinton

  • Bernie Sanders

  • Green Party

Answer

Maria Butina targeted the Trump campaign during the 2016 US presidential election. Butina was a Russian national who had close ties to the Russian government and had been working to establish back-channel communications between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Butina was eventually arrested and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, and she pleaded guilty to the charges in December 2018.
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