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(118,295 posts) Sat Sep 28, 2019, 01:58 AM Sep 2019

Probe Finds NRA Knowingly Served Russian Agent's Scheme

Josh Israel
September 27, 2019

Earlier this year, Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges. The Kremlin-linked founder of Russia’s equivalent to the National Rifle Association’s had, without registering as a foreign agent, been working to infiltrate America’s NRA and other conservative organizations.

A new report by the Senate Finance Committee’s Democratic staff reveals that the NRA knew about Butina’s links to Vladimir Putin’s regime and welcomed her anyway, offering her access to the conservative movement.

The same, they found, was true of Butina’s then-boss, former Russian government official Alexander Torshin — a “lifetime member” of the NRA who was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Treasury in April 2018 ...

https://www.nationalmemo.com/senate-probe-finds-nra-knowingly-served-russian-agents-scheme/?cn-reloaded=1

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Wyden at KOIN talks whistleblower complaint, NRA struggle4progress Sep 2019 #1

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struggle4progress

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1. Wyden at KOIN talks whistleblower complaint, NRA

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Sat Sep 28, 2019, 01:59 AM

Sep 2019

by: KOIN 6 News Staff
Posted: Sep 27, 2019 / 07:37 PM PDT / Updated: Sep 27, 2019 / 07:37 PM PDT

... Wyden also talked about a probe into the National Rifle Association carried out by Democrats in the Senate Finance Committee.

“The ‘R’ in NRA really stands for ‘Russian,'” said Wyden.

“When you look at this, in effect the run-up to the 2016 election … they lied repeatedly,” Wyden said. “They said, for example, this trip that was made in 2015 was just for trying to promote good relations between the United States and Russia.”

https://www.koin.com/news/politics/wyden-at-koin-talks-whistleblower-complaint-nra/