Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina is now expected to plead guilty, her lawyers and prosecutors signaled in a court filing Monday, after the gun-rights activist spent months in U.S. custody on charges of improperly pursuing Moscow’s interest in Washington. Both sides asked a Washington federal judge to schedule a “change of plea hearing” in the case, which suggests that Ms. Butina, a Russian national, is expected to change her plea from the “not guilty” she entered in July.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 10, 2018 16:06 UTC