Maria Butina sentence is up to the judge. But we are trying to make sure that everything is in place so that she can return home quickly when she has completed any sentence. Robert Driscoll More Quotes by Robert Driscoll More Quotes From Robert Driscoll With two masters from two equal branches of government, we will follow the instructions of the one that employs him. Robert Driscoll top-news Maria's plea agreement requires cooperation with any relevant entities, maria Butina in January's complied with all such requests. Robert Driscoll politics From our perspective, we're ready to go. Robert Driscoll us-news If you're not an agent for a foreign government, you can't lie and say you are in order to get rid of this. Robert Driscoll top-news The committee's action is welcome, frankly, the Senate testimony addresses many of the issues the government has raised in their prosecution. Robert Driscoll politics Maria Butina has hundreds of contacts. Maybe Maria Butina has a friend that had an FSB extension. Robert Driscoll politics The government kind of dropped those allegations without any evidence, i frankly find it kind of offensive -- just because Maria Butina's Maria Butina, that's the direction people go in. Robert Driscoll politics I think that for a woman who's been under surveillance for the better part of two years, it's pretty thin gruel to find a two-year-old... message, and say that that proves she's a spy. Most spies do things. She didn't seek nuclear submarine plans, she didn't try to recruit any agents, she didn't pay anyone any money. Robert Driscoll politics I think that, like most of the government's case, is taken completely out of context, those Twitter DMs -- which, by the way, most Russian spies don't communicate by Twitter DM -- which are unencrypted, there's thousands of them. ... There's Twitter DMs about picking up toothpaste in America. There's DMs with pictures of kids and dogs and everything else. Robert Driscoll politics She has been publicly, essentially, in the media, accused of being an agent for the government of Russia, she testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee in closed session -- which was not public until today -- several months ago, did not flee, cooperated with that request ; had her house searched in April by the FBI with 15 agents going through everything she had, did not flee. Robert Driscoll politics We've been trying to work something out, unsuccessfully, with the government, who seems intent on pressing forward with incarceration, notwithstanding, you know, a pretty weak case. Robert Driscoll politics Ms. Butina intends to defend her rights vigorously and looks forward to clearing her name. Robert Driscoll us-news
