Accused Russian Spy Met with U.S. Officials in 2015
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Orange County GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Russia in 2015 with a woman later charged by federal officials for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of the Kremlin in a covert endeavor to shape American politics.
News of the 2015 meeting — confirmed Tuesday by Rohrabacher’s office — came the same day he told Politico that Monday’s indictment of 29-year-old Maria Butina was “bogus” and “stupid,” saying he believes the allegations are part of a larger plot to undermine President Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia.
News of the 2015 meeting — confirmed Tuesday by Rohrabacher’s office — came the same day he told Politico that Monday’s indictment of 29-year-old Maria Butina was “bogus” and “stupid,” saying he believes the allegations are part of a larger plot to undermine President Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia.
Torshin is reportedly under investigation by the F.B.I. for channeling money to the N.R.A. to benefit the Trump campaign. According to the indictment, Butina even had a “private meeting” with an unnamed “political candidate” in 2015, at the N.R.A.’s annual members’ meeting.
Could that candidate have been Donald Trump? Torshin, on his verified Twitter account, claimed in 2015 that he had access to Trump through the N.R.A., and cited the 2015 convention as a point of connection. Whether the two men spoke, however, is unclear. In a later interview with Bloomberg, Torishin “said he’s known Trump for five years and the two men last had a jovial exchange at the National Rifle Association Convention in Tennessee in 2015, just before the future president announced his run for the White House.” While Torshin allegedly tried to arrange a meeting with Trump during his campaign, the White House has previously denied that Trump and Torshin ever met. (The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
She asked Donald Trump a question about Russian sanctions at a public event, met Donald Trump Jr. with Torshin at an NRA dinner, and reportedly bragged that she helped the Trump campaign communicate with Russia.
She also MET personally with state dept and federal reserve members during the obama admin so stfu with your faux outrage
Butina ....., met Donald Trump Jr. with Torshin at an NRA dinner, and reportedly bragged that she helped the Trump campaign communicate with Russia.
..sent a letter Monday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin demanding a response to an inquiry from Wyden sent in February. The senators want “production of any documents relevant to financial links between the NRA, its associated entities and Ms. Butina and any entities or individuals related to her.”
Republicans — if they have clean hands and want to protect American democracy — should be chiming in to demand prompt disclosure of such information. Until we can see how much Russian money went into the NRA, where it went and with whom Torshin and Butina met, a cloud will hang over all pro-NRA candidates, which is most Republicans. News reports have confirmed that one of the people Torshin met with was none other than Donald Trump Jr.
..sent a letter Monday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin demanding a response to an inquiry from Wyden sent in February. The senators want “production of any documents relevant to financial links between the NRA, its associated entities and Ms. Butina and any entities or individuals related to her.”
Republicans — if they have clean hands and want to protect American democracy — should be chiming in to demand prompt disclosure of such information. Until we can see how much Russian money went into the NRA, where it went and with whom Torshin and Butina met, a cloud will hang over all pro-NRA candidates, which is most Republicans. News reports have confirmed that one of the people Torshin met with was none other than Donald Trump Jr.
