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Legal experts say Mueller team likely gained access to NRA tax filings: report
The Hill ^ | 07/02/18 07:59 AM EDT | AVERY ANAPOL

Posted on 07/02/2018 8:22:12 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Legal experts say it’s likely special counsel Robert Mueller secretly gained access to the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) tax returns as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a McClatchy report.

Mueller’s team is reportedly looking into NRA donors with links to Russia and investigating whether some donors used the organization to illegally funnel foreign money to President Trump’s campaign.

The NRA spent $30 million in support of Trump's campaign in the 2016 presidential race.

NRA officials maintain that the organization has not been contacted by the FBI, but legal experts told McClatchy that it would be “routine” for investigators to access the group’s tax filings through the IRS.

The tax filings would reveal the NRA’s “dark money” donors, whose names are hidden on public documents.

David F. Axelrod, an Ohio lawyer who formerly prosecuted cases for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, told McClatchy that prosecutors often request tax filings “entirely in the background, with no notice to the subject of the investigation.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: muellerinvestigation; muellernra; muelleroutofcontrol; nra
"Show me the man, I'll find you the crime." --Robert Mueller
1 posted on 07/02/2018 8:22:12 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It will also be "leaked" that whoever Trump nominates for SCOTUS is "under investigation" for ties to Russia.

Mueller is going to hang himself with his blatant partisanship.

2 posted on 07/02/2018 8:24:41 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Mueller’s team is reportedly looking into NRA donors with links to Russia and investigating whether some donors used the organization to illegally funnel foreign money to President Trump’s campaign.


3 posted on 07/02/2018 8:27:53 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If there was something wrong with NRA tax filings the Dems would have used it long ago


4 posted on 07/02/2018 8:31:44 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

Mueller is looking for RUSSIAN donors.


5 posted on 07/02/2018 8:33:30 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600><p>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The President of the NRA, was seen drinking Stolichnaya Vodka, see, the Russians were behind it all. You want proof? Its 80 proof. There’s all the proof Mueller needs. Actually he may be abusing his proof.


6 posted on 07/02/2018 8:34:44 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (?? forgetaboutit.)
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To: pierrem15

Apparently, they all are. Just as you and I are. Mueller has been given a blank check to investigate anyone in the US, whether a citizen or not.


7 posted on 07/02/2018 8:36:52 AM PDT by richardtavor
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To: butlerweave

Is the NRA required to do a background check on all the millions of it’s members?
Or, just those with Russian sounding last names?
When Democrats receive money from a donor that later proves embarrassing, with the exception of the Clinton’s, they generally just return it quietly as possible.
Once again, the rules are ALWAYS different for Democrats.


8 posted on 07/02/2018 8:39:45 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Show me the man, I’ll make up a crime.” —Robert Mueller


9 posted on 07/02/2018 8:42:30 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

WITCH HUNT!! Fire him!! Fire Sessions. Spare us this farce!!


10 posted on 07/02/2018 8:45:28 AM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Membership rolls I suppose, too. Jerk.


11 posted on 07/02/2018 8:56:20 AM PDT by madison10 (Pray for the protection of Devin Nunes and his family.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just when you thought the witch hunt had gone way to far...

This is, and has been, completely out of control.


12 posted on 07/02/2018 8:56:38 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And the investigation into tens of millions donated by foreign governments to the Clinton Foundation...

Crickets.


13 posted on 07/02/2018 9:00:14 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mueller is VILE and EVIL!


14 posted on 07/02/2018 9:06:53 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: pierrem15

Meanwhile, if Mueller is investigating Russian ties to the NRA, you have to wonder why he hasn’t begun investigations into the AFL-CIO, SEIU , and Nation Education Association each known to have affiliation with CPUSA and Russia. Combined they donated over $60 million. Overall, labor unions have donated more than $132 million to super PACs and spent an additional $35 million on federal elections.


15 posted on 07/02/2018 9:07:48 AM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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Hey Mueller, I’m a new member of the NRA. And, I once had email correspondence with a Ukrainian. Better investigate me.
<#sand mueller>
SS1


16 posted on 07/02/2018 9:24:42 AM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (Arrest and deport illegal aliens. Americans demand those jobs back! MAGA!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
This sonofabitch needs to go. Now all he's doing is railing around like a madman looking for any opponent of his massah's (Obama) poisonous ideology.

This bullshittery must stop. Is there no man in government who can be trusted to to the right thing?

17 posted on 07/02/2018 9:37:00 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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Sons of bitches. WHEN will Trump stop this un-American farce?


18 posted on 07/02/2018 10:16:53 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Ann Archy

He is a disgrace to the Corp.


19 posted on 07/02/2018 10:36:15 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (426)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Roberr Mueller only uses Carte Blanche: He never leaves home without it.


20 posted on 07/02/2018 4:34:52 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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