All your NRAs belong to Russia says new Senate report

Another report out of the US Senate declares the National Rifle Association acted as a Russian asset in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections.

NPR:

The National Rifle Association acted as a "foreign asset" for Russia in the period leading up to the 2016 election, according to a new investigation unveiled Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

Drawing on contemporaneous emails and private interviews, an 18-month probe by the Senate Finance Committee's Democratic staff found that the NRA underwrote political access for Russian nationals Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin more than previously known even though the two had declared their ties to the Kremlin.

The report is available here.

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