FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump

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  1. Bowerbird

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    Hasn’t Maria Butina pled guilty to doing exactly that?
     
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    Hi.

    I dunno. I'm not finding anything.
     
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    I SIMPLY DONT UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU GET YOUR INFO. ITr is faulty and has NO BASIS.

    Dems are doing NO SUCH thing. That is whole cloth LYING, to get out of trouble. Every one of those lies has been exposed. Even the IRS stuff was a lie.
     
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    Not that I am aware of.

    I'll confess my unwillingness to read the actual text of the plea agreement.

    Nowhere, have I found any reports of any allegations of the NRA making contributions to the Trump campaign; using any money from any source.
     
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    I wish you were able to help.
     
  6. Bowerbird

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    You are right she has pled guilty only to spying. The fact that she took the NRA chiefs on a trip to Russia and that there were subsequently lots of money funneled from the NRA to the Trump campaign is simply coincidence

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russian-agents-guilty-plea-intensifies-spotlight-on-relationship-with-nra/2018/12/13/e6569a00-fe26-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.89780a39ce23
     
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    I get it from the newspapers. The bogus FISA warrents. The leaking is ongoing. And so on.

    Of course they tell you it is a lie. Why do you believe them?
     
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    A felony.
     
  9. Thought Criminal

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    "there were subsequently lots of money funneled from the NRA to the Trump campaign"


    Sorry, I am not finding any reports of this. Could you provide a link, please?
     
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    Read the OP link?

    Anytime ;).
     
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    Yes, yes.

    The internet is loaded with reports saying that the NRA spent $30million for the benefit of getting Trump elected. I get that.

    What I haven't seen any reporting of, is the NRA giving the Trump campaign any money.
     
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    New string? Your article was originally published in January then updated in May. This is neither current, nor something new.
     
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    :roflol:

    You are all over the map trying to equate a capitalist billionaire like Putin with being a socialist!

    Since you obviously have no clue what these terms actually mean you have effectively disqualified yourself on this topic as far as I am concerned.

    Have a nice day!
     
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    I recollect reading the FBI was investigating the 'Russian Connection' two effing years ago? If they haven't found it by now they never will?
     
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    The right wing has ceased to even name the enemy. THEY. They says it all.
     
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    These days, beauty AND crimes are in the eye of the beholder.
     
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    The Deep State is the entrenched, liberal/socialist Washington bureaucracy that ignores duly elected Democratic politicians and actively works against Republican politicians.

    They have their own (leftist) agenda. Their primary goals are self-preservation while implementing that agenda.
     
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    Too bad you can't produce any credible nonpartisan sources to support those utterly ludicrous allegations of yours.
     
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    All you have to do is watch the news.

    I have certain advantages ... IQ in the 140's, master's degree in American history, a careful observer of politics since the early 1970's. I can see the Deep State. But casual observers are oblivious to it.

    Newt Gingrich has flaws (like we all do, including me), but his knowledge of American history and politics is off the charts. I wish everyone could listen to him speak about the Deep State.
     
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    You are right. We don't have all the details. That is why it is crucial that Robert Muellers investigation gets the answers you need to discern that they are bad for America.

    The thing we must remember is, MONEY IS FUNGIBLE. That is remembered any time right wingers are looking to ruin Democratic budgets and agendas.
     
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    So, russia has meddled in our elections, by spending money for years but it is only important now that trump is president? We found out they spent 4700 bucks with google.

    Will democrats be as concerned the next time they spend money, if the dems win the presidency? I only bring it up because we meddle and russia meddles and it is the reality of our world. Hell, the nazis were meddling in our elections via the media in the 1930s. So, don't think meddling is new and just happened when trump ran. Just a needed reality check...

    I live in reality, and it would be nice if no other nation meddled in US elections, by using our various old and new media, but stopping it completely without losing more freedom is probably impossible. We could make trump a dictator, and shred the constitution and perhaps stop most of it.
     

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