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Carla Knecht felt it just before midnight. “My husband said my name a couple times and then he said, ‘Are you OK?’ And I said, ‘yeah,’ and we both said, ‘What was that?’” What they felt was a vibrating jolt. It lasted about 5 seconds. They felt their bed and the house shake. They heard a low rumble. “I’ve never felt that before, thank God,” Knecht said, “and I hope I never do again.” But they’re OK, and so is their house. It’s about 7 miles west of the small town of Bowdle in north-central South Dakota. Geophysicist Don Blakeman said the Tuesday night earthquake�...

He is an enterprise report for the rapid city journal in south dakota. he joins us by phone. mr. tupper, thanks for joining us on short notice tonight. you have been really out in front on this story in south dakota. i really appreciate you making time to talk to us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> so you'd reported in the past year on fraud allegations that had dogged paul erickson in south dakota that didn't necessarily seem to have anything to do with his involvement with maria butina in this somewhat exotic russian agent case. given what you have learned about those fraud allegations a...

South dakota, perhaps been offered something in exchange for her cooperation in the wire fraud and moneylaundering investigation into erickson. and so there could be a connection there. that could perhaps i would suspect maybe play a role in her sentencing if she did give investigators information on the south dakota investigation and help them with that, perhaps that will play a role in her sentencing, by she is currently awaiting. >> right. in terms of prosecutors' narrative about her own case, that sort of cuts crosswise if in fact as you say she is helping prosecutors with this case agains...

Now, what does this have to do with paul erickson's purported russian secret agent girlfriend, now that she's plead guilty and is cooperating with prosecutors? we don't know, but in the indictment somebody with the initials m.b. appears to have been paid out some of the proceeds of this alleged fraud. the indictment also flags a large payment from paul erickson to american university where maria butina was enrolled at school. there is also a $14,000 cash withdrawal that is flagged by prosecutors. that occurs right at the time that maria butina and paul erickson were bringing a delegation of nr...

People's money. in amounts ranging from five grand from someone with the initials kh to over half a million dollars from somebody with the initials v.t. now what does this have to do with paul erickson's purported russian secret agent girlfriend, now that she's plead guilty and is cooperating with prosecutors? we don't know, but in the indictment, somebody with the initials m.b. appears to have been paid out some of the proceeds of this alleged fraud. the indictment also flags a large payment from paul erickson to american university where maria butina was enrolled at school. there is also a $...