mo4ch:>Butina may have pleaded guilty under ‘pressure’ & in order to get back home – ex-state senator to RT | Mo4ch News

The US may have used months of solitary confinement to “pressure” jailed Russian gun activist Maria Butina into pleading guilty, international law attorney and former Pennsylvania State Senator Bruce Marks told RT.Butina likely pleaded guilty to “very technical charges” as she expected not to “serve prison time” and hoped that she would be “returned to Russia,” Marks said.The woman, living in the US on a student visa, was detained in July and accused of secretly working for the Kremlin to infiltrate the National Rifle Association (NRA) and establish ties with the Republican Party. The officials in Moscow denied the allegations.As part of the plea deal, struck this week, Butina admitted to having “sought to establish unofficial lines of communication with Americans having power and influence over US politics,” while doing so on behalf of the Russian government.Also on rt.comMaria Butina pleads guilty to US charge of conspiring to act as foreign agentThe deal came after the Russian nati…