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posted by janrinok on Saturday April 28 2018, @07:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the he-said-she-said dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by jmorris on Sunday April 29 2018, @05:06AM (1 child)

    by jmorris (4844) on Sunday April 29 2018, @05:06AM (#673246)

    Even after the orange stain was told repeatedly DON'T CONGRATULATE PUTIN.

    You mean people told him not to repeat Obama's mistake? You do know Obama called Putin to congratulate him after winning his last "election" victory. Right? You do know that, you don't just get your news from media, right?

    But fuck all that noise, lets get to the big ol elephant in sitting in the vast empty void of your mind.

    WHO. THE. ACTUAL. FUCK. are these people to tell the President of the United States what he "must do" or "must not do" anyway? They give advice, if they want to make decisions they need to come out of the Deep State shadows and actually run for the office. And where did YOU get it into your head a President "must" obey when these mysterious "THEY" give an order? Eliminating this very idea is what "Drain the Swamp" is all about, and I for one am damned happy Trump ignores the "experts" when his own superior instincts give him better advice. After all, listening to the "experts" is why the world is tottering on the edge and Trump has to clean up all of these messes that have been festering for decades in the first place.

    Look at Korea. With a little more luck, soon we will be calling it that again! Won't be quite as exciting as the day the Wall fell but damned close. All the experts assured us North Korea was simply unsolvable, so don't blame them when they utterly failed to stop the Kims from proliferating and otherwise being insane in the brain. Trump understood instantly where the pressure point was, same place I have pointed to for years here and the other place, China. Trump also apparently figured out how to activate that pressure point.

    Of course there is a downside to all this Winning! because Trump is now likely to believe he can fulfill another of his campaign promises and I doubt even his mighty balls can bring peace in the Middle East.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @06:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @06:23PM (#673445)

    Yeah its all a massive conspiracy to prevent the dictator for life you so dearly want to have. Fuck off jmo.