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Great Rolling Stone article about the Trump/Russia/NRA connection: (Original Post) panader0 Feb 2018 OP
So the NRA might have spent $70 million from Russia for Trump in 2016? Botany Feb 2018 #1
Not much doubt--the NRA is treasonous. panader0 Feb 2018 #2
I hope that Mueller goes after the Russian money to the NRA/Trump connections Botany Feb 2018 #3

Botany

(70,518 posts)
1. So the NRA might have spent $70 million from Russia for Trump in 2016?
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 12:48 PM
Feb 2018

The true sum the NRA spent to install Trump in the White House may be far higher. Campaign finance disclosures do not cover spending on unregulated Internet advertising or voter mobilization; citing two sources close to the gun group, McClatchy suggests the NRA may have spent upwards of $70 million on Trump's presidential bid.

President Trump is clearly indebted: "You came through for me, and I am going to come through for you," Trump promised the NRA at its 2017 convention. "I will never, ever let you down."

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The Banker and "Godfather"
The key figure in the NRA/Russia investigation, McClatchy reports, is Alexander Torshin. Torshin is a longtime Putin ally who previously served as a top Russian senator. He is now a deputy governor of Russia's central bank, where his purview includes cracking down on the outflow of dirty money.

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Trump Connections
At the May 2016 NRA convention in Louisville, Kentucky, where Donald Trump accepted the group's endorsement, Torshin shared a table at dinner with the candidate's son Donald Jr. According to Bloomberg, Torshin claimed to also have met now-president Trump at the convention, and that: "He keeps photos of the event on his computer tablet."

Botany

(70,518 posts)
3. I hope that Mueller goes after the Russian money to the NRA/Trump connections
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 12:59 PM
Feb 2018

Not that Trump cares but that was highly illegal.

But to Trump's gun loving base they prefer having Trump and the
republicans in power over that d**e/b***h Hillary or those damn
liberals.

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