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donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts) Fri Jul 20, 2018, 10:27 AM Jul 2018

Why did Maria Butina not flee the U.S. back in April ? [View all]

April is when her apartment was searched and her electronics were seized. Considering she knows what she did and with who, and that the evidence that was seized via that search warrant would reveal alot, I just cannot fathom why she would stick around for another 3 months. She could've made her great escape in all that time! I wonder why she stayed?

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Why did Maria Butina not flee the U.S. back in April ? [View all] donkeypoofed Jul 2018 OP

Had to count her guns. Sneederbunk Jul 2018 #1

Arrogance nt Xipe Totec Jul 2018 #2

She enjoys her life here, knows she would be swapped. Cicada Jul 2018 #3

Spot on. OnDoutside Jul 2018 #13

Trump will get her out dalton99a Jul 2018 #4

she felt "untouchable" is my first guess, way most entitled people do. beachbum bob Jul 2018 #5

They were probably tailing her the whole time anyway. marylandblue Jul 2018 #6

She was a pretty incompetent spy PatSeg Jul 2018 #7

Jack Barsky, a real Soviet spy, said she was amateur but extremely effective Cicada Jul 2018 #16

That is fascinating PatSeg Jul 2018 #18

She was probably ordered not to Lee-Lee Jul 2018 #8

I Thought the Same Thing Leith Jul 2018 #11

And the more her trial stays public the more diassry they sew here Lee-Lee Jul 2018 #14

Guessing not probably but definitely ordered to remain Hortensis Jul 2018 #17

She thought the GOP and NRA had her back. Thomas Hurt Jul 2018 #9

Time in a U.S. jail is what she agreed to pay when she left her job in Siberia to be a honeypot. haele Jul 2018 #10

Counting on the Pardon Fairy? n/t moondust Jul 2018 #12

Double agent fishing for bigger fish? floppyboo Jul 2018 #15