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https://www.motherjones.com/politic...na-alexander-torshin-congress-investigations/
Plus: We uncovered more photos of Maria Butina’s boss with NRA leaders—including at an NRA fundraiser.
As questions mounted last spring about two Russian operatives with ties to the National Rifle Association who tried to cultivate the Trump presidential campaign, the NRA made a rare public disclosure: The gun group said it had received about $2,500 from Russian sources. That included a single contribution “of less than $1,000” from one of the operatives, Alexander Torshin—a high-level official from Vladimir Putin’s party who federal prosecutors say directed a conspiracy by Russian agent Maria Butina to influence American politics. The NRA said the money was dues for a “life membership” paid by Torshin, who years earlier had forged connections with NRA leaders.
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Russian oligarchs with strong ties to Putin buying life memberships in the NRA? I smell a web of deceit that is not in our country's best interests.
Plus: We uncovered more photos of Maria Butina’s boss with NRA leaders—including at an NRA fundraiser.
As questions mounted last spring about two Russian operatives with ties to the National Rifle Association who tried to cultivate the Trump presidential campaign, the NRA made a rare public disclosure: The gun group said it had received about $2,500 from Russian sources. That included a single contribution “of less than $1,000” from one of the operatives, Alexander Torshin—a high-level official from Vladimir Putin’s party who federal prosecutors say directed a conspiracy by Russian agent Maria Butina to influence American politics. The NRA said the money was dues for a “life membership” paid by Torshin, who years earlier had forged connections with NRA leaders.
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Russian oligarchs with strong ties to Putin buying life memberships in the NRA? I smell a web of deceit that is not in our country's best interests.
