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A lawyer for Maria Butina, the 29-year-old woman charged with working as a Russian agent, on Friday accused the US government of a sexist smear campaign based on misinterpreting a three-year-old joking text exchange with a friend.

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Vera Bergengruen is a Pentagon reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC.

Lawyer for Russian 'spy' Maria Butina argues prosecutors are using three-year-old text messages that are 'clearly a joke' to paint her as a 'Kremlin-trained seductress' who exchanged sex for political gain

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'I don't know what you owe me for this insurance they put me through the wringer,' DK wrote to Butina.

Who is Maria Butina's father?

Butina's father Valery has called the charges against her "psychopathic and a witch-hunt". Her lawyer, Robert Driscoll, described her as an "ambitious young woman" not a political agent. But under her plea deal, Maria Butina admitted to the charge of conspiracy.

What was Maria Butina's reputation?

Maria Butina developed a reputation in Russia for her love of guns - but it was her involvement with the National Rifle Association (NRA) that led to her getting in trouble with US authorities.