Feds examining suspicious money movements linked to Russian Maria Butina, associates

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The inquiry into possible Russian attempts to infiltrate and influence the NRA began before Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and even before Trump’s inauguration, said two sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter is confidential. While it has overlapped with Mueller’s inquiry, the NRA investigation is being overseen by the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.
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Investigators at the Treasury Department received a number of Suspicious Activity Reports “relating to entities tied to Butina and Erickson and funds that were transferred to them,” including some that appear to have come from Russia, one of the people said. Financial institutions are required to flag unusually large movements of money for regulators, mainly to combat money laundering.

Prosecutors have said that Erickson, a longtime NRA member and fundraiser, and Butina were romantically involved, though she privately detested continuing that relationship. Erickson, who has not been charged in the Russia inquiry, is widely believed to be the figure identified as “U.S. Person 1” in an affidavit supporting the conspiracy indictment against Butina.
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In addition to Torshin, Butina’s indictment referred vaguely to two other unnamed figures: a “U.S. Person 2” and a Russian billionaire who was Butina’s “funder.” The Washington Post reported that the billionaire is Konstantin Nikolaev, an investor in U.S. energy and technology companies whose wife, Svetlana, owns a leading Russian gun company, Orsis, that an NRA delegation visited in 2015.
- McClatchyDC.com

I think I need Stephen Colbert to put up a description map on the chalkboard to explain all the suspicious ties between these individuals and organizations.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

1. If Erickson is in on it...

... then the South Dakota GOP must be, too. Misprison of a felony? Dusty Johnson, the GOP candidate running for the South Dakota House seat was hanging out with her at young republicans camp/retreat. Of course, he was, "enraged", that someone would abuse his trust...

[empedocles]

2. More 'dots'

to connect with more dots.

If these traitortrump investigations are not stopped somehow, the 'cleansing' effect for the nation, and nations, could be so enormous and worthwhile.

This was not done in Watergate. There was a huge coverup, with the 'nation needs to heal' excuse. Backchannel funds, corruptions of all sorts abounded - Agnew, Nixon and his corrupt staffers, the Bush gang. Manafort was way early connected to the Bushes and their boy James Baker, who took on Manafort as a protégé. Then Manafort, Stone, Atwater all easily moved to Ford. Of course they all jumped to Reagan, and soon did very 'well', ever after. Weller and weller for decades in fact.

[2naSalit]

3. K&R

[Achilleaze]

4. republicans merrily clambered into bed with Evil Empire* moneybuck operatives

and then pissed all over American democracy. republicans and their misleader** have disgraced themselves for all eternity.


* per ronald freaking reagan (R)
** aka Comrade Dirty Donny, republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. This Erickson douche sounds like the model republican:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/heavy.com/news/2018/07/paul-erickson/amp/

[demmiblue]

6. .

[triron]

7. Rachel, we need you.

[Roland99]

8. Goddamnit! It's not meddling!! It's criminal hacking!!