Conservatives are rushing to defend her because Conservatives are traitors who love Russia.
Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States
July 14th, 2018
At the behest of a senior Russian government official, the woman, Mariia Butina, made connections through the National Rifle Association, religious organizations and the National Prayer Breakfast to try to steer the Republican Party toward more pro-Russia policies, court records show. Privately comparing herself to a Soviet Cold War propagandist, she worked to infiltrate American organizations and establish “back channel” lines of communication with American politicians.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080761/download
Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States
July 14th, 2018
At the behest of a senior Russian government official, the woman, Mariia Butina, made connections through the National Rifle Association, religious organizations and the National Prayer Breakfast to try to steer the Republican Party toward more pro-Russia policies, court records show. Privately comparing herself to a Soviet Cold War propagandist, she worked to infiltrate American organizations and establish “back channel” lines of communication with American politicians.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080761/download