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Republican members on friday for voting to block an in-depth investigation into allegations that russians illegally donated to the national rifle association in an effort to benefit president trump s 2016 presidential campaign. weintraub announced the vote on twitter writing in part this, the fec does nothing to find out the truth behind one of the most block buster campaign finance allegations in recent memory. in march of 2018, the fec launched a preliminary investigation into allegations that alexander torcian, a russian banker and former politician with ties to putin. joining us once again from washington, political reporter for the hill, julia manchester. great to have you back with us. let s turn back to trade for a moment. the up tick in free trade you would think would have an impact on trump administration policies. is that likely to happen? no, it really isn t. ....
Mr. torcian, a person i used to work with when i was in the government. nobody knows where he is today by the way. back then he was in the putin circles, this idea of a back channel and influence and contacts is something i ve seen when another russian delegation had the same mandate. according to descriptions in court filings. butina worked with alexander torcian, and that was to use their nra contacts to gain access to republic candidates. what is his importance to exert influence. i think the excellent thing is the way the relationship worked. she represents this new illegal, ....
That are these informal agents, they can move much more freely. she knew exactly who to go to and what to suggest. she knew torcian, here s what i have to create influence in america. i think the problem in 2015 and 2016, every door, these types of informal agents were knocking on was open. and all of a sudden, the kremlin found they had a bunch of nobodies who were in charge of major lines of effort in the united states. they were tremendously succe successful in what they were doing and how they were building influence in key groups in the united states of america. i want to show you all something that congressman adam schiff said. take a listen to this. there is a common denominator about a lot of these issues and characters you re mentioning. as you played earlier, maria ....