Posted on 06/11/2018 8:28:53 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Prominent Russians were in contact with the National Rifle Association (NRA) during the lead-up to the 2016 election, McClatchy reported.
The Russians who met with NRA representatives during the 2016 presidential campaign included members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle as well as the Russian Orthodox Church, according to the news outlet. Reportedly among the individuals identified are the former deputy prime minister overseeing Russia’s defense industry, Dmitry Rogozin, and Sergei Rudov, the leader of the St. Basil the Great Charitable Foundation — one of Russia’s largest philanthropies.
The report comes as the Justice Department continues its investigation into whether Russian banker and lifetime NRA member Alexander Torshin tried to funnel money to the gun group to support President Trump during the 2016 presidential election.
McClatchy reported that the men dined with NRA representatives, mainly in Moscow, during the presidential campaign.
Rogozin, Rudov and Torshin can be seen meeting with leaders of the NRA in a photograph taken by the NRA during a 2015 trip to Russia, according to the article. An anonymous source with knowledge about the visit confirmed the meeting to McClatchy.
U.S. investigators are now looking into whether these meetings were part of a larger election-meddling operation, McClatchy reported.
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Horse hockey.
Clearly Boris and Natasha collude with NRA and Orange Chimpanzee to arm useful idiot militias to destabilize capitalist government. /eyeroll.
How much money and uranium changed hands?
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The American left are giant douchebags.
How about the Russians who paid Bill Clinton $500,000 for a one hour speech, and the other Russians who pumped $145 MILLION into the Clinton Foundation, are they being investigated for election meddling or bribery?
Ya, cuz the NRA thought “The Right to Bear Arms” might be adopted in Russia.....
See, the NRA is making deals with the Russians to sell more AK 47’s (aka STG 47) in the US. Every Liberal knows that the NRA profits from gun sales, all you have to do is order from the NRA sales catalog. s/
Even being married to the politically nimble Bill Clinton - who offered her advice that she was giving the finger to white working citizens - and that might not be a winning tactic - Hillary soldiered on and called half of Americans deplorable racists.
Tone deaf is an understatement.
Hillary's loss had nothing to do with Russia - and everything to do with being horrible. The NRA could have met with Russians citizens everyday for a year (or NOT) and it would NOT change the outcome of the election. People voted AGAINST Hillary because she's offensive, a jerk, a bully, an 'elite' without merit...
Seriously, even if they did, is this illegal?
A number of democratic favoring organizations are meeting or have met with Cubans, Red Chinese, Euroweenie Green groups, global pro-abortionists and all manner of idsidious Leftist cause mongers.
SO WHAT?
By the looks of the comments for the article, it appears that quite a few swallow it and find it savory. So many fools now live in this country.
Well, Americans are free to speak to whomever they wish, so?
I'm thinking of selling my story to the NY Times.
As an NRA Member I would like for the people that represent me to work to overturn the asinine Obama era ban on 7n6. This is Russia’s primary Carbine Round and I am sure they would like to have to issue revisited. I would as well, the Obama ban on 7n6 is completely ridiculous.
If the EU gave money to Planned Parenthood, which then went to Hillary, would the press call that collusion or meddling, or would that just be “our right-minded allies helping us beat back the tide of darkness?”
Its amazing how after years of painting conservatives as being too bigoted to talk with people from other places and cultures, conservatives doing just that is is now supposed to be evidence that they stole an electection due to some nefarious plot that reaches the highest levels.
So now it’s a problem for ANYONE to talk to the Russians? Don’t we have diplomatic and business relationships with the Russians???
Would it be illegal for Putin to come over to my house for dinner?
There is NO SUCH CRIME as “collusion”! This entire mess is an attempt by the Deep State to delegitimize President Trump.
The Obama administration, en masse, should be arrested and shot for Treason.
And for $40 they can all join. Who cares?
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