Driscoll, the former chief of staff in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, is currently representing alleged Russian spyMaria Butina, who has been accused of infiltrating the National Rifle Association (NRA).
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He characterized that relationship as two friends who have exchanged "thousands of messages, pictures of dogs and questions about picking up American toothpaste."
In court this week, Driscoll said Butina's case was not connected to the indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officers earlier this month, the Lawfare blog reported.