Attorneys say alleged Russian agent is being unjustly held in solitary confinement

Defense attorneys for alleged Russian agent Maria Butina say their client is arbitrarily being held in solitary confinement.

In a new court filing Tuesday, Butina’s defense attorneys Robert Driscoll and Alfred Carry claim Butina is being kept isolated “under a false pretext to mask an indefinite solitary confinement that is unjust and without cause" at the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center in Alexandria, Va.

“As of the date of this filing, Ms. Butina has now been in solitary confinement for 22 hours a day for 6 consecutive days with no prospective release date,” they said.

The Alexandria detention center houses federal detainees awaiting trial in “administrative segregation” for their own safety, but Butina’s attorneys said their client had previously been released into the general population at her own request.

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