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Moment who's been all over this story. but this is a big deal, right? this is the first russian to plead guilty to a crime that has anything to do with influencing american politics or the 2016 elections. so, this is a big deal. but can we also just consider for a second what might be going on here with the nra, right? national rifle association, the nra. is thought of and has long been thought of as a powerhouse in washington and american politics when it comes to lobbying and influence and especially money in elections. the nra does spend a ton of money every election cycle, and especially e...

Now. that nra trip in december 2015, that was at the exact same time that trump national security adviser mike flynn was also in moscow, sitting with vladimir putin at a gala dinner the russian government paid him to attend. the daily beast also reports this tonight, quote, according to the plea deal, butina also helped arrange for a group of russians to attend the national prayer breakfast in washington, which was held on february 2nd, 2017. so right after trump's inauguration. butina e-mailed her purported boyfriend, republican activist robert erickson with a list of attendees for the nation...

Joining us now is erin banco. she is a reporter with "the daily beast." she has been reporting on about this news for a while now. ms. banco, i really appreciate you being here. thank you for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> we're seeing multiple reports now that marina butina has not only agreed to a guilty plea, but has agreed to cooperation. are you guys able to be specific at "the daily beast" in terms of what you understand the scope of her cooperation deal to be, what types of prosecutors, and what types of investigations she is agreeing to cooperate in? >> sure. so, my colleague b...

Mcclatchy reporting in january, quote, the fbi is investigating whether a top russian banker with ties to the kremlin illegally funneled money to the nra to help donald trump win the presidency. quote, fbi counterintelligce investigators have focused on the activities of torshin, the deputy governor of russia's central bank, who was known for his close relationships with both russian president vladimir putin and the nra. and then, of course, not long thereafter, maria butina got arrested. and charged with conspiring against the united states as a secret russian agent. now, prosecutors allege t...

Doesn't disclose anything about its donors. 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 i'm saying that's 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 what's that about? trump is not a more pro-gun republican candidate than we have seen in oth...