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Washington (CNN)The National Rifle Association is setting aside years of documents related to its interactions with a Kremlin-linked banker, as the gun-rights group appears to be bracing for a possible investigation, according to sources familiar with the situation.
The NRA has faced fresh scrutiny from congressional investigators about its finances and ties to Alexander Torshin, one of the 17 prominent Russian government officials the US Treasury Department recently slapped with sanctions. The gun-rights group has said it is reexamining its relationship with Torshin, who is a lifetime NRA member, in the wake of the sanctions.
The renewed attention has highlighted the close-knit if sometimes uneasy alliance between top NRA officials and Torshin -- a relationship that ensnared members of Trump's team during the presidential campaign, inviting further congressional scrutiny.
Those inquiries could shed light on the tightly held fundraising practices and political activities of the NRA. The political powerhouse shelled out more than $30 million in 2016 to back Donald Trump's candidacy -- more than it spent on 2008 and 2012 political races combined, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Vice President Mike Pence is slated to speak at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Dallas next Friday, an official told CNN.
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BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)explain why the NRA is preparing for a possible investigation and who is doing the investigation. Are they preparing for the worst or are we purposely being kept in the dark? Is it part of the Mueller investigation?
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)wanted to set up a back channel to RUMP campaign via the NRA. There is suspicion of funneling money to RUMP via the NRA through this guy. I mean we've known about this for a long time...but it's really "out" now that the major news outlets are picking it up.
erronis
(15,460 posts)Are they conveniently placing it in some boxes that can then go up in flames in an "inadvertent" warehouse fire?
I wouldn't trust any one of those bad guys with guns to protect anything of value, except if that value were to their owners (russian or koch or others.)
gibraltar72
(7,517 posts)has been doing a rolling disclosure. First it was 2 Russian donors. Then it was 23. And they said they were done looking too time consuming. I think things are starting to get interesting. I'm betting they've been ordered to retain all documents. Having been involved in a federal investigation years ago at company I worked for that's what it sounds like to me. First they came for our wastebaskets. Then they came for our computers.