Russian Campaign to Infiltrate the NRA and Help Elect Trump

[packman]

The FBI is now investigating whether Torshin, the current deputy governor of the Russian central bank, illegally funneled cash to the NRA to support the election of Donald Trump, according to a report by McClatchy that has sparked a probe by the Federal Elections Commission. Moscow's NRA connections have also become a focus of House and Senate Russia investigators. In his House testimony, made public in January, Simpson (Glenn Simpson, founder of the research firm behind the infamous Steele Dossier), Mafia-leader" Torshin and his "suspicious" protégé, a young gun activist named Marina Butina. "It appears the Russians," Simpson said, "infiltrated the NRA."

The NRA spent an unprecedented $30 million to install Trump in the White House.

Much more:

Femme fatales, lavish Moscow parties and dark money – how Russia worked the National Rifle Association

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/russian-campaign-to-infiltrate-nra-elect-trump-w518587

[Girard442]

1. Before this stuff came out, I was saying that NRA's power could only be explained by dark money.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Whose freedoms are they protecting? Not ours.