For those who have been speculating about the more salacious aspects of the Mariia Butina spy scandal, TPM has posted the US Government’s Request for Pre-Trial Detention. Among the new details included is this paragraph
Butina, age 29, and U.S. Person 1, age 56, are believed to have cohabitated and been involved in a personal relationship during the course of Butina’s activities in the United States. But this relationship does not represent a strong tie to the United States because Butina appears to treat it as simply a necessary aspect of her activities. For example, on at least one occasion, Butina offered an individual other than U.S. Person 1 sex in exchange for a position within a special interest organization. Further, in papers seized by the FBI, Butina complained
about living with U.S. Person 1 and expressed disdain for continuing to cohabitate with U.S. Person 1.
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While the leading candidate for the role of US Person 1 is single, he is also a prominent figure in the Evangelical Christian community, Promise Keepers and, according to Wikipedia, “founder of “Word Alone”, a reform group within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America”.