Maria Butina, the Russian national who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to influence Republican politics, won’t contest any government effort to deport her after she serves her sentence, she said in court filings Friday.
The filings come after a status hearing in her case during which a judge set her sentencing date for April 26. In Friday’s filings, she waives her right to challenge through various immigration proceedings any government effort to remove her from the country after she serves her sentence.
After prosecutors brought charges of acting as a foreign agent and conspiracy in July, Butina in December pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge.
Butina is reportedly cooperating with investigators as part of the plea deal, including a brief interview with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. According to CNN, much of her cooperation has to do with an investigation into her ex-boyfriend, GOP operative Paul Erickson, who has already been charged with wire fraud.
It may become more clear how valuable her cooperation has been to prosecutors when they and her lawyers each file sentencing memos, due April 19.
Read Butina’s filing Friday below:
