Maria Butina
was sent by Russia to "make nice" with the NRA. She was, in my opinion, perhaps the most classic case that people tend to remember.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6480163/In-possible-plea-deal-accused-Russian-agent-case-resolved.html
Another was Russian spy Anna Chapman, who -- among her many talents -- got into real estate in NYC. Anna and a handful of others were deported in July of 2010. I'm not sure of how many people remember that the Obama administration was taking care of business this way. But I knew that President Obama's administration was aware for some time of the Russian attempts to compromise business and other leaders in this country.
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