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On Friday, The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump is turning to an old ally for help mounting his legal defense against impeachment: The National Rifle Association.
According to the report, Trump met with executives of the gun-rights organization, to explore the possibility the NRA could provide funding for his legal expenses as the House moves to impeach him over his phone calls seeking to extort Ukraine into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden. It is not clear whether Trump or NRA executives pitched the idea.
The new comes just as a new Senate report details how Russia used the NRA as an intelligence asset to infiltrate the Republican Party. It also comes as the NRA is facing a mountain of financial problems and ethics scandals into how leadership steered contracts with an Oklahoma advertising firm they had a financial stake in.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/trump-turns-to-the-nra-to-help-him-bankroll-defense-against-impeachment-report/
Vinca
(50,170 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,435 posts)To pay for their puppet's legal expenses.
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)Russia soon, to gather some more funds?
spanone
(135,636 posts)it's a money deal
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)...the "list" of things Democrats "don't want to talk about," and guns are on the list.
I mean, forget the fact that Democrats drafted legislation that Mitch McConnell won't discuss until he's sure Trump will sign off on it.
And, if the NRA cuts him a check for "legal defense," there will be NO gun legislation as long as Trump is in office.
Sounds like another "I need you to do something for me" quid pro quo to me.
tblue37
(64,982 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)And the RNC has deep pockets, why not call Ronna? She just dropped $160,000 on that Lewandowski loser, whats another few million billion gazillion bucks??
deminks
(11,006 posts)struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)blugbox
(951 posts)To help fund his defense for conspiring with Russia. Got it. Innocent.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)NCLefty
(3,678 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,576 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)doc03
(35,148 posts)they use.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)about asking for favors...but then, he never was a very good student.
lindysalsagal
(20,444 posts)We can de-fund the NRA, too!!!
JesterCS
(1,827 posts)Had all sorts of money, seeing as how he's so successful and genius. Lol