Wyden Slams GOP Election Commissioners For Blocking NRA Foreign Donations Probe

[jpak]

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wyden-slams-gop-election-commissioners-for-blocking-nra-foreign-donations-probe

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Friday slammed Republicans on the Federal Election Commission for blocking an investigation into potential Russian political donations to the National Rifle Association in 2016.

“It’s inexcusable that Republican commissioners would block an investigation into whether Russian money was funneled through the National Rifle Association to help President Trump,” Wyden told Newsweek in a statement. “The blatant partisanship is appalling, undermines our democracy and leaves us vulnerable to continued interference in 2020.”

The commission deadlocked on Friday on a vote to authorize a probe of the NRA, and specifically whether it illegally accepted donations funneled through Maria Butina, who’s since pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered Russian agent, or Alexander Torshin, the recently retired deputy governor of Russia’s central bank who worked with Butina.

Early last year, in response to an inquiry from Wyden, the NRA did acknowledge receiving foreign donations, including from Torshin to become a lifetime member, but it has asserted that none of the money was connected to a U.S. election.

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[Firestorm49]

1. Hmmmmm. They seem to be on a blocking rampage lately.

Do you think they are worried, or confident?

[EleanorR]

2. Republicans are a radical, corrupt party

And a threat to Democracy.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. All of them at this point are traitors and enemies of this country. Problem is most of us

are not acting like that is true and we need to.

[OneBro]

3. Russia money didn't just help Trump.

Every Republican that took money from the NRA was taking money knowingly funneled from Russia. This is NOT the time to be polite. The people shutting the investigations down are the same people who directly benefitted from the illegal contributions.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Russia to NRA to Moscow Mitch's PAC to GOPers

[spanone]

5. The fix is in from congress to trump to DOJ....

what congress can't deflect the DOJ can squash

[Sewa]

6. What happened to the DOJ

Investigation into this? Hmmm