F.B.I. Once Warned G.O.P. Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him

[La Lioness Priyanka]

The congressman, Dana Rohrabacher of California, has been known for years as one of Moscow’s biggest defenders in Washington and as a vocal opponent of American economic sanctions against Russia. He claims to have lost a drunken arm-wrestling match with the current Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, in the 1990s. He is one of President Trump’s staunchest allies on Capitol Hill.

As a newly appointed special counsel investigates connections between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives, the warning to Mr. Rohrabacher shows that the F.B.I. has for years viewed Russian spies, sometimes posing as diplomats, as having a hand in Washington.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/dana-rohrabacher-russia-spies.html?ref=politics

First of all I literally LOL'd when i heard this. Secondly, this is the guy who Kevin McCarthy made his joke about.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.73bb809d8b3b

[Panich52]

1. He's the Rep McCarthy said Putin was paying, along w/Trump

— recording all present tried to pass off as joke.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. YUP