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WASHINGTON -- Three key figures, including the founder of a Russian gun rights group, refused to submit to interviews or produce documents requested by Senate Democrats investigating whether the Kremlin used the National Rifle Association to boost Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign.
Nonetheless, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a report Wednesday that their preliminary investigation turned up a number of documents suggesting Russia used connections to the NRA as a means of accessing and assisting Mr. Trump and his campaign.
The Kremlin may also have used the NRA to secretly fund Mr. Trumps campaign, the minority report concluded.
While qualified, the findings align with a McClatchy report in January that the FBI was investigating whether a top Russian banker funneled money to the powerful gun lobby group to aid Trumps underdog campaign.
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babylonsister
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(297,196 posts)for awhile now.. I hope the Docs work to verify it.
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)financial trail...otherwise falls into trash can