As if we couldn't see something like this coming way back in 2015/16. We The People, always so gullible. Now here we are, Our Russian Obligate Prez Trump, America's nightmare. Some call it treason. There are way more important, immediate real world problems needing our focus. So stupid, so self-destructive.
Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying about Trump Tower project in Russia
In a bombshell federal court hearing in New York, Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress about a Moscow real estate project Trump pursued during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Rachel Maddow reports on Michael Cohen's surprise new plea deal with Robert Mueller and what it tells us about Donald Trump's relationship with Russia during the 2016 campaign while Russia was attacking the U.S. election to help Trump.
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Still not a big fan, but she does her homework, she lays out her info, it's a compelling narrative.
Another FBI Official Overseeing President Trump Russia Investigation Exits | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Rachel Maddow reports on the departure of Bill Priestap from the FBI and notes that now all of the senior FBI officials who were involved in the Trump Russia investigation at the very beginning have left, even as the investigation has not concluded.
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Maria Butina Takes Plea Deal, Cooperating With Investigators: Reports
Rachel Maddow shares reports that accused Russia agent Maria Butina will change her plea to guilty and has been cooperating with investigators in a deal to be explicated in court on Wednesday.
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22 hours ago - Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina has changed her plea to guilty, ... GOP operative Paul Erickson, lawyered up in light of reports swirling that ...
6 days ago - Paul Erickson, the boyfriend of accused Russian spy Maria Butina and a longtime Republican operative, may face charges. In September ...
Paul Erickson (born 1962) is an American conservative political operative and lawyer who has .... He has supported Maria Butina, now in jail awaiting her trial, who is a former assistant to Aleksandr Torshin and the founder of a Russian gun ...
Aug 28, 2018 - Maria Butina and Paul Erickson have encountered several challenges that have surely put their relationship to the test. Long distances. Money ...
The attorney for Maria Butina—the Russian woman who's accused of ensnaring conservative political operative Paul Erickson as part of an alleged Kremlin ...
Nov 28, 2018 - Paul Erickson, the boyfriend of alleged Russian spy Maria Butina, has retained lawyers in Virginia, The Daily Beast has learned. Butina was ...
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Editor's note, July 16, 2018: Russian national Maria Butina has been .... September 2014: Paul Erickson—an NRA member and longtime ...
Depending on who's asking, Maria Butina is either a Russian central bank staffer, ... She started a business with Paul Erickson, a decades-long ...
In a new court filing, prosecutors say alleged Russian agent Maria Butina is willing to divulge new information on Paul Erickson's “illegal ...
The NRA Is Awfully Quiet About Maria Butina
Why won’t the NRA comment on the arrest of the gun rights activist and accused Russian agent?
By JAMIL SMITH - July 20, 20018
It typically takes a mass shooting to keep the National Rifle Association this quiet.
As of this writing, the NRA has issued no public comment about this week’s arrest and indictment of Maria Butina, a 29-year-old Russian gun rights activist who had spent years ingratiating herself with the NRA, as well as Republican politicians and conservative notables. Butina is suspected of conspiracy to act as an unauthorized agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without the authorization of the Attorney General.
And yet all we hear from the notoriously outspoken group is crickets.
The NRA contributed $30 million to help elect Donald Trump in 2016. The FBI has been investigating whether some or all of that cash may have been supplied by Russia. Rolling Stone reported in April that the Russian central banker Alexander Torshin, along with Butina, had deeper ties to the NRA than previously known. The NRA even flew a delegation to Moscow in 2015 to meet with Kremlin officials, including one freshly sanctioned by the Obama administration. …
And yet, the NRA hasn’t said one word either in Butina’s defense or to distance itself from her and Torshin, Butina’s alleged handler who has also been hit by U.S. sanctions. On Wednesday, a new court filing alleged that Butina was sexually involved with an American connected to the NRA, which media reports have identified as veteran Republican operative Paul Erickson. More importantly, the court memo alleged that Butina had been in contact with the Russian intelligence agency FSB, which replaced the more infamous KGB. As Rolling Stone reported in April, Torshin received a medal from the FSB in 2016. … Link
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And then there's Alexander Torsion,
Donald Trump Jr. meets with Aleksander Torshin, a deputy governor of Russia's central bank, at the N.R.A.'s annual convention in Louisville, Kentucky.
Nov 30, 2018 - Bank of Russia says Deputy Governor Alexander Torshin retired. Accused ... is leaving his position as deputy governor of Russia's central bank.
Apr 6, 2018 - Alexander Torshin, a Russian politician with NRA ties, has been ... The deputy governor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation was for ...
There's a Russia story you haven't heard of yet. It's about Alexander Torshin, the deputy governor of Russia's central bank. He's an outspoken gun rights activist ...
Nov 17, 2017 - An email chain described Aleksander Torshin, a former senator and deputy head of Russia's central bank who is close to Russian President ...
May 11, 2018 - Russian official Alexander Torshin, appearing in Moscow in 2016, was ... legislature and later as a top official at the Russian central bank.
