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Many months later, that's 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 was trying to mount this covert influence operation through a conservative group, a gun rights group...

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 nra leadership followed a pretty specific pattern. we're getting deep into the bylines. but an officer...

Who didn't see it coming and make him president of the nra when he wasn't 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 filtering out. which could have caused a tremendous panic within the nra and might have -- and mi...

It even puzzled the incoming president of the nra himself. >> colonel north, what's your reaction to being elected as president of the national rifle association? >> well, it's an unexpected privilege. i'm 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, i'll be back to take that gavel. >> those kind of on-camera interviews are useful. may have sounded like a basic question, but we learned from oliver north's own mouth, this was unexp...

Some suspicion about a snapchat honey pot? >> yeah. i think -- i mean, i think some people saw it that way. but it's 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. what decade warren zivon say? bring lawyers, guns, and money. >> yeah, the you know what has hit ...