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

[livingston]

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

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.


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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.

The revelations in the Senate report raise questions about whether the NRA could face civil penalties or lose its tax-exempt status.

The National Rifle Association called the report "politically motivated," and suggested that the 2015 Moscow trip was not an official NRA trip.

 

[livingston]

All Things Considered for September 27, 2019

 

[C3D]

Wow. Now the NRA is colluding with the Russians. Will this ever stop?

 

[Jezman]

Dammm how did that slip by the Muller Report?

 

[tirwin1]

A different take on this topic.

https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/30/with-the-help-of-media-democrats-are-smearing-the-nra/

 

[Blimey]

Wow. Now the NRA is colluding with the Russians. Will this ever stop?

No. It's a pathological issue now for the left. It's the sort of behavior that encourages cult following. The more the facts are against you the more you dig in your heels as a coping mechanism.

 

[Mosinitis]

There is a clinical term for this psychiatric condition - Russophobia Vulgaris.

 

[Deplorable Me]

It's called psychological warfare. Truth be damned, it's not what you know it's what you think. The DNC is one giant distraction away from the truth. The hammer needs to fall.

 

[prambo]

 

[ajoe59]

Dammm how did that slip by the Muller Report?

Well he only had 20+ million dollars and 2 years to work with.

 

[Twogunwilly]

It just gets fuckin stupider by the day, fuckers live on fantasy island.

 

[Forum_Person_1234]

The democratic party was an asset of Mexico

 

[Blimey]

A far greater percent of journalists are registered democrats than republicans. According to this 50% are independent, 28% dem, 7% republican:
Media bias in the United States - Wikipedia

Objectivity in news is not possible in such an environment.

 

[SomeSoldier]

When do the guys in the white coats show up?

 

[spat]

All things considered, I'd vote for Putin over most of the Democrat candidates.

 

[BDinPutnam]

All things considered, I'd vote for Putin over most of the Democrat candidates.

"All"?

He's quite the gun controller in his own right.

 

[Darth]

I don't like seeing good organizations slandered with accusations that they are colluding with the NRA!

 

[Jmac00]

I couldn't get through 45 seconds of that Bullshit. You can tell its bullshit by the way they asked the questions.

 

[Celt]

The left isout of their kinds, and thats not hyperbole. They really lost it.

 

[spat]

"All"?

He's quite the gun controller in his own right.

If I'm stuck with gun control either way, I'd prefer not to compound the problem with an imploding economy.

 

[Forum_Person_1234]

Russia is certainly not the freest place for guns, but much better than Latin America or the NW Eurosocialist hellholes the democrats think we should emulate. You can own AKs, ARs, etc. Much less egregious (but still present) "feature" laws than NY. (lengths, folding of things, etc)
You can get this when you're 23 if you plan it right.
You can also get a workaround shotgun-in-name-only version when you're 18.

 

[BDinPutnam]

If I'm stuck with gun control either way, I'd prefer not to compound the problem with an imploding economy.

Have you looked at Russia's economy lately?

 

[spat]

Have you looked at Russia's economy lately?

Have you looked at Venezuela's ?

Bernie thinks they have the right plan.

None of them are a good choice. The difference is a dumpster on fire, or the whole landfill.

 

[Acer-m14]

all this time i thought the NRA ment National Russian Association will all the gun laws they helped pass .. my bad ..