NRA a Russian foreign asset

According to this Senate Report. And still the Repugs defend it, probably because they will be implicated in this treason too. Hereafter the NRA is known as the National Russia Association.


"The National Rifle Association acted as a 'foreign asset' for Russia in the period leading up to the 2016 election. [...] 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."

"Wyden's 77-page report centers on Butina — a convicted Russian agent now in federal prison — and Torshin, a former Russian government official who has been sanctioned by the United States. The report indicates that top NRA officials were aware of Butina's and Torshin's links with the Kremlin even as they sought to work more closely together under the banner of gun rights."

"NRA officials paid for and facilitated Torshin and Butina's introduction into American political organizations. Butina and Torshin received access to Republican Party officials at NRA events."