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Nra leaders attending their convention s invites a whole array of nra leaders to moscow. and afterwards she sends a message to torshin, her handler, which was translated two ways. her prosecutors read both ways. we should let them express their gratitude. we will put pressure on them later. the other, we should allow them to express their gratitude now and quietly press. >> danny cevallos, after reading this, should the nra feel as if theyve dodged a bullet here because maria butina is not finge...

Analyst who is -- there was a time this was the biggest story of the day. that was some six hours and 25 news cycles ago. but michael why did she plead guilty? is this a russian spy? is this a bad lobbyist? what is she? >> look, she didnt plead guilty to espionage and they didnt charge her with that but theyve h had her in custody for some months now. it was clear the only way she was going to get out any time soon or have a prospect of getting out is pleading and cooperating with the feds. she ...

A target letter himself. but i have to say on the nra thing, that what s what got us so worked up. you saw the $30 million that the nra poured into the 2016 election. >> more than theyd ever done before. >> you have this guy torshin and butina who are showing up at nra meetings. >> lifetime members. >> developing relationships, or the shins background is suspected money launderer, raised all sorts of questions but -- and this is a break on what danny said is i dont think if the feds had the mone...

Charges. david is absolutely right. this is a plan that goes to the highest level of the kremlins and they didnt just go after the nra. they went torshin they went after the extreme christian conservatives, now who have every year a conference in moscow on quote-unquote the protection of christians around the world. thats a code word. theres the extreme gun rights group and no gun rights in russia. they have to be registered, only hunting. >> and steve bannon, these extremist groups all drivin...

Intended, go where the big guns are. leaders throughout the conservative movement, people like david keen who was president of the nra and head of the conservative political action conference. bringing him to moscow, courting him, wining and dining him. all over this shared affection for guns. >> how these people are lifetime members of the nra? >> they created a phony one in russia to make friends, alliances with the u.s. nra. so sophisticated, and well thought out. it has gone on for years and...

Butina has been funded. this is someone separate. this is beyond torshin. this came out this afternoon. they said a russian oligarch, and one of putins closest advisers was funding her. that puts this 29-year-old in the middle of putins inner circle. >> malcolm, this is interesting in that it is not part of the mueller investigation. it is separate. and this business about being a foreign agent. she is a representative working in the foreign government without disclosing that information. >> tha...

Are. leaders throughout the conservative movement, people like david keen who was president of the nra and head of the conservative political action conference. bringing him to moscow, courting him, wining and dining him. all over this shared affection for guns. >> how these people are lifetime members of the nra? >> they created a phony one in russia to make friends, alliances with the u.s. nra. so sophisticated, and well thought out. it has gone on for years and goes for this guy torshin and t...