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But dont just look at that in isolation. put that apparent closeness between the trump campaign and the nra, this blatant illegal coordination, about what appears to be blatant illegal coordination, put that together with the nra inexplicably tripling their spending in order to support trump, and it does seem like there might be something going on there, especially given that their spending to support trump was all part of the nra where they dont have to say where the money came from. i should a...

Member who was her maybe boyfriend who appears to have been her entree into this world. weve had reports from the daily beast several days ago that he has received a target letter that federal prosecutors are considering charging him as a foreign agent, as an agent of the russian government operating in this country. will the erickson case finally become clear if maria butina is pleading and cooperating? then there is the question of whether her plea will ultimately give us a window into what fr...

And i know, like, in the news there is always large, round numbers, right? $30 million. sounds like a lot of money. a big, round number. what does that mean? for context here, in order to understand why im saying thats a really strange amount of money for them to have spent, that $30 million they spent on trump, that is triple what they spent the last time around in the last presidential election on mitt romney. almost three times what they spent on romney. now, whats that about? trump is not a ...

Conservative events like cpac, the annual get-together, and was really trying to make friends with some of the leading officials. in fact, one fellow, you know, who said, by his own admission, hes in his 60s, doesnt have a lot of hair, has a little bit of a paunch, said, im not used to young, attractive women coming up to me and saying, will you be my facebook friend? can i snapchat with you? and he thought there was something odd and weird that butina and this russian legislator named aleksandr...

This is their second visit. they go to russia. butina facilitating a meeting with a ceo of a private russian gun manufacturer, which produces a sniper rifle identified by the pentagon not for domestic use or hunting, but actually as a threat to american soldiers. the nra leader is treated to a tour of that facility and a chance to shoot some guns on site. the nra reportedly spent $30 million to support trump in 2016. and on the one hand, they do typically support republican nominees. but heres w...

Many months later, thats after the inauguration, after the election, when fbi director james comey went down to the hill, where he was testifying and said, yes, there was an open probe. by that time, the fbi had also initiated a separate but related investigation and that has now been broken much into public view, much more, because the break came with this very curious indictment of a woman named maria butina. now, she was suspected as an unregistered agent of the russian government. that she w...

Caused a leadership shake up shortly after at the nra. corn writing that on may 7th, the nra released a curious press release, declaring oliver north, who has his own history as a key player in the iran contra scandal, but is also a standing nra board member, was now, quote, poised to become the new president. this changing of the guard and how it happened was odd, he writes. earlier that day, peter brownell finishing his term announced he would not seek a second annual term for 15 years. the nr...

Who didnt see it coming and make him president of the nra when he wasnt prepared to be. and then only recently with the butina case, did we learn about this fbi raid. and remember, her partner, romantically and politically, was a guy named paul erickson, who was an nra activist. and he had been working with her to infiltrate, penetrate, make connections with people in the nra and other conservative groups. so if she were raided, as she was, one would expect him to know about it and word to start...

It even puzzled the incoming president of the nra himself. >> colonel north, whats your reaction to being elected as president of the national rifle association? >> well, its an unexpected privilege. im grateful for the unanimous support of the board. i did not expect that this was going to be happening at this annual meeting, but as soon as i get everything in order in my family, because this was very sudden, ill be back to take that gavel. >> those kind of on-camera interviews are useful. may ...

Some suspicion about a snapchat honey pot? >> yeah. i think -- i mean, i think some people saw it that way. but its clear at the time and it was clear in the 2016 campaign that whoever was masterminding this, whether it was torshin or somebody else, they had a pretty good insight into american politics. if you want to work your way into, you know, influencing republicans and conservatives who are now, you know, controlling all arms of government, do it through the nra. and they tried -- >> right...