NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals

[kpete]

The National Rifle Association acted as a "foreign asset" for Russia in the period leading up to the 2016 election, according to a new investigation unveiled Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon.

Drawing on contemporaneous emails and private interviews, an 18-month probe by the Senate Finance Committee's Democratic staff found that the NRA underwrote political access for Russian nationals Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin more than previously known — even though the two had declared their ties to the Kremlin.

The report, available here, also describes how closely the gun rights group was involved with organizing a 2015 visit by some of its leaders to Moscow.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-trump-ally-met-with-putins-deputy-in-moscow

Then-NRA vice president Pete Brownell, who would later become NRA president, was enticed to visit Russia with the promise of personal business opportunities — and the NRA covered a portion of the trip's costs.




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https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals

[Farmer-Rick]

1. Well duh, all that stolen Russian wealth being passed to the GOP

Through the NRA was a dead giveaway.

Christian Evangelical leaders have also played patty cake with little man Putin.

[dalton99a]

2. Yep, the gun lobby and evangelicals

[bluestarone]

3. I feel it would be very beneficial for the House to investigate

The NRA! MONEY trail!