Boooooooooom.
In 2009 Torshin's trips took him to Alaska, where he requested a visit with former Gov. Sarah Palin.
npr.org/2018/05/11/610…
npr.org/2018/05/11/610…
NRA annual convention in Houston, Torshin writes, “Kalashnikov couldn’t join me, though we have both been ‘life members’ of the NRA for years,” adding that “dozens of AK-47 clones” on display at the event represented one of “our country’s greatest accomplishments.” 
John Bolton recorded this address at NRA head David Keene’s request for the Russian legislature, and that Right to Bear Arms used the video in its lobbying.
FEC has launched a preliminary investigation into whether Russian entities gave illegal contributions to the National Rifle Association that were intended to benefit the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election.
politico.com/story/2018/03/…
politico.com/story/2018/03/…
NRA first met Torshin through the help of a Nashville-based lawyer named Kline Preston. According to the report, Preston considers Torshin a “longtime friend,”
thinkprogress.org/russia-electio…
thinkprogress.org/russia-electio…
The National Rifle Association may have accepted more contributions from Russian donors than it first acknowledged.
npr.org/2018/04/09/600…
npr.org/2018/04/09/600…
The NRA has faced fresh scrutiny from congressional investigators about its finances and ties to Alexander Torshin, one of the 17 prominent Russian government officials the US Treasury Department recently slapped with sanctions
cnn.com/2018/04/27/pol…
cnn.com/2018/04/27/pol…
The Mayflower Hotel, Nixon, Trump, Roger Stone, David Keene & the NRA
By @JamesFourM
twitter.com/i/moments/9666…
By @JamesFourM
twitter.com/i/moments/9666…
And finally today's Maria Butina news. ^^
Spoiler: They are all epically screwed. :)
Thread!
Spoiler: They are all epically screwed. :)
Thread!
https://twitter.com/SpicyFiles/status/1018931895646777345
This thread goes into details on the Butina indictment.
https://twitter.com/LuluLemew/status/1018942319792459781
Life comes at you fast. Especially if you're a Russian spy.
"Congratulate everyone!"
"Congratulate everyone!"
Getting nabbed for espionage will do that to your "mental health"
Lots of that going around, just ask Nikulin 😆
Lots of that going around, just ask Nikulin 😆
https://twitter.com/SpicyFiles/status/1019236683999571970
Womp Womp my sweet Maria, get comfortable, you won't be seeing the light of day for a very long time.
https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1019286278439931905
May 2016, Torshin and Butina proposed a meeting between Trump and Putin during the NRA convention. Initial reports stated that the meeting was shot down, but now congressional inves. have obtained a photo of Don Jr with both Torshin and Butina.
nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/…
nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/…
🎵Ooh, don't you wanna take her?
Ooh, wanna make her all your own?
Maria, you've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Ruskie, Ave Maria
A million and one candle lights🎵
Ooh, wanna make her all your own?
Maria, you've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Ruskie, Ave Maria
A million and one candle lights🎵
https://twitter.com/vanityman/status/1019327189907529728
Beginning in 2015, possibly earlier, and until the present, in the Dist. of Col. and elsewhere, BUTINA and others known and unknown to the GJ, including Torshin, knowingly did combine, conspire, confederate, to commit an offense against the United States
documentcloud.org/documents/4609…
documentcloud.org/documents/4609…
When the now indicted Maria Butina moved to the U.S Aug 2016 on a student visa, the FBI was watching. Rather than question her, officials decided to track her movements to determine whom she was meeting.
That's a big Ruh-oh. 🤗
washingtonpost.com/politics/she-w…
That's a big Ruh-oh. 🤗
washingtonpost.com/politics/she-w…
Aye!
lmao Maria!
What did you get yourself into.
lmao Maria!
What did you get yourself into.
Today's court filing where Butina was offering sex in exchange for aiding her espionage.
Full Doc.
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4609…
Full Doc.
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4609…
More goodies from Maria's social media account courtesy of Spicy.
https://twitter.com/SpicyFiles/status/1020020873238114310
There are no people that are more alike than Americans and Russians. We’re hunters, we’re shooters we value the same kinds of things. And we need to work together to the extent that we can on these and other important issues.
Former NRA Pres. David Keene
motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Former NRA Pres. David Keene
motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Not only does Maria have NRA connections but possibly also Cambridge Analytica ties as well. In 2014 Saul Anuzis who served on the NRA Board’s Public Affairs committee set up a PAC funded by Robert Mercer. In 2015 his son Matas started working at CA.
medium.com/@wsiegelman/al…
medium.com/@wsiegelman/al…
Konstantin Nikolaev, a Russian billionaire was the Oligarch that apparently financed the operation. He's a major investor in American Ethane, a company that was spotlighted by Trump during a visit to Beijing in November.
washingtonpost.com/politics/russi…
washingtonpost.com/politics/russi…
Dimitri Simes "Center for the National Interest" who hosted the infamous Mayflower speech/meeting featuring Kislyak rears their ugly head once again in #TrumpRussia.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Nikolaev the Russian billionaire funder of Maria Butina was in business with one of Putin's closest allies the Rotenbergs.
https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1021110736641146880
The avalanche of bad news for Butina and company keeps on coming. FBI is in custody of SARS (suspicious activity reports)
https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1021131694185766913
New detention memo is devastating for Butina.
"The weight of evidence is compelling"
"Numerous witness will testify about the influence activities." 😎
"The weight of evidence is compelling"
"Numerous witness will testify about the influence activities." 😎
Court update for the Butina case
Government has received the first batch of files, 4.6 TB or 1.5 mil files!
They want a protective order to
"Protect the integrity of ongoing investigations" 😍
Lots of GOP ammosexuals quaking in their boots right now😂
Government has received the first batch of files, 4.6 TB or 1.5 mil files!
They want a protective order to
"Protect the integrity of ongoing investigations" 😍
Lots of GOP ammosexuals quaking in their boots right now😂
https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1022135042653528064
@NRA @DLoesch
Can you shed some insights here? 30 million in donations to the Trump campaign AND you used Cambridge Anaylitica as well. Weiiiird right?
Can you shed some insights here? 30 million in donations to the Trump campaign AND you used Cambridge Anaylitica as well. Weiiiird right?
https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1022304553931137024
Person 2 now unmasked as George O'Neill a conservative columnists and Rockefeller heir who organized a dinner with Butina around the time of the February 2017 National prayer breakfast event. H/t @Pinche_Pi
wsj.com/articles/rocke…
wsj.com/articles/rocke…
You can see the "Rockefeller" part (which was in reference to Oneill) mentioned in the WSJ story in this FB post by Maria.
LOL
Not only did @DanaRohrabacher meet with Butina in DC February of last year, but she helped arrange a meeting between Mob money launderer Torshin in Moscow 2 years ago 💥 😎
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/r…
Not only did @DanaRohrabacher meet with Butina in DC February of last year, but she helped arrange a meeting between Mob money launderer Torshin in Moscow 2 years ago 💥 😎
abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/r…
Just gonna leave my Kolyadin thread here 😎
https://twitter.com/Agenthades1/status/1019709945283952640
George O’Neill the man listed as "person 2" in the Butina indictment is the father of Catharine O’Neill, who interned for Dana Rohrabacher, helped promote an anti-Magnitsky event and was part of the Trump transition State Department team
Way to go Wendy!
medium.com/@wsiegelman/us…
Way to go Wendy!
medium.com/@wsiegelman/us…
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