re: #117 makeitstop

That dude’s a hard core Red Hat. ‘God Save President Trump’ on his Twitter feed.

What are the chances that the ‘indictment’ and subsequent ‘swap’ (if it comes to that) are basically using this guy, with his permission, as a chip to get Butina back on Russian soil?

The whole thing smells funny. Staged, even.

Agreed. The FBI can throw a giant size spanner into the works by persuading Butina to refuse the exchange. There are several ways to do this. One, obviously, is to sweeten her deal. The other would be to convince her of the consequences to her if the Russians can be made to believe that she has already revealed too much.