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From CNN reporting:
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.
(Score: 2) by KiloByte on Sunday April 29 2018, @12:02AM (1 child)
My point is that, if person X promotes cause A, X having flaw B doesn't mean A and B are related.
Ceterum censeo systemd esse delendam.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Sunday April 29 2018, @05:50PM
I actually agree with you. I don't think that the NRA officials were intentionally forwarding the Russian party line. I just thing that Putin looked over the situation and decided that strengthening the NRA was the best way to weaken the US government, or one of the best ways. And that this didn't require them to change any of their policies, merely to give them a bit more power, and point out ways they could use it.
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