The US District Court for the District of Columbia appointed an advisory counsel to Russian citizen Maria Butina, who is jailed in the United States on charges of acting as foreign agent without being registered, a court filing published on Thursday revealed.
“The court appoints A.J. Kramer as advisory counsel to Defendant Maria Butina,” the filing said without providing additional details.
Judge Chutkan ruled that Butina has to explain by next Monday why the transcript of the closed part of the conference call should remain sealed.