KEILAR: Vladimir Putin insisting today his intel agencies knows nothing about accused Russia spy, Maria Butina. This comes one day after Butina has reported struck a plea deal with federal prosecutors. According to the deal, she agreed and conspired with a Russian government official and another person to act as a foreign agent. Butina is suspected of trying to infiltrate the NRA and GOP circles to advance Russian interests. Kim Wehle is a former associate independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation and a former federal prosecutor. It's something out of the movies. How rare is a case like this?</s>KIM WEHLE, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: We have a Russian national pleading guilty to basically espionage, a form of espionage in connection with the Russia investigation, but this is not being handled by Robert Mueller, but the attorney's office in the District of Columbia with other national intelligence entities related to it. It's hard not to see the links between this and what happened with Mr. Cohen in particular in the sentencing memoranda.</s>KEILAR: Can you explain what she has agreed to here?</s>WEHLE: It looks quite broad. She agreed to cooperate with anything that federal officials think would be relevant to her cooperation. I think for her, I am not a national security expert, but what happens to her if she goes back to Russia? Is he a hero, where she helped Putin's plan to infiltrate our election system or is she a traitor? We see what the Russians do to people who don't go along the party line. It's a difficult situation for her and her lawyers and family.</s>KEILAR: It certainly is. Kim Wehle, thank you so much.</s>WEHLE: Thank you very much.</s>KEILAR: We appreciate it. Coming up, the outgoing House majority leader has advice for Democrats, don't bother investigating the president. I will get reaction from a top Judiciary Intel member, next.
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