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Unsubtle subject line, kremlin connection. and paul erickson didn't name alexander torchin in the e-mail but he referred to him as president putin's emissary on this. that didn't work, but that same month torchin sought a meeting with donald trump at an nra convention. and that itself didn't pan out, but torchin did get to spend some time with donald trump jr. at a gala hosted by the nra. and then at the beginning of this year, we learn that the fbi was investigating whether all of this, the nra's huge spike in 2016 campaign spending, its weird and sudden and suddenly deepening russia ties, an...

Dimitri rigosin. who is a putin deputy. after she sent a message to the russian central bank official to whom she basically reported as part of this alleged foreign the agent scheme. her message had two translations in the plea agreement. the first translation about these nra officials going to moscow in december, 2015, said, quote, we should let them express their gratitude now. we will put pressure on them quietly later. the second translation, the alternate translation in the plea agreement according to "the daily beast" said, quote, we should allow them to express their gratitude now and t...

Russian government, we learned a the beginning of this year that the fbi was investigating whether all those things might be investigated. 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 counterintelligence investigators have focused on the activities of aleksandr 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...

Rights in russia. and alexander torsian's group doesn't do anything to support gun rights in russia, at all. what they have done is make lots and lots of connections to the american nra. this official alexander torsian and his protege maria butina started attending the nra's yearly conferences every year in the usa. at the start of the 2016 campaign, torsian and butina hosted that delegation in moscow, december 2015. then during the campaign, butina was flying around the country, showing up at events for various presidential hopefuls during the primaries, including famously a las vegas event w...

The nra, this blatant illegal coordination, 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 out of a part of the nra where they don't have to say where the money came from. i should also mention while i'm being snarky about campaign finance violations, willfully violating campaign finance law is starting to become perhaps maybe a more consequential thing these days. you can as...