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Senate Finance Committee launches bipartisan investigation into conservative think tank over Maria Butina meetings with senior U.S. administration officials in 2015.
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Senate Finance Committee launches bipartisan investigation into conservative think tank over Maria Butina meetings with senior U.S. administration officials in 2015.
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NEW: Senate Panel Launches Bipartisan Probe Into Think Tank Linked To Butina, Torshin
npr.org/2019/02/15/695…
npr.org/2019/02/15/695…
In a letter to Dimitri Simes, the CEO of the Center for the National Interest think tank, the committee requested records related to meetings Torshin and Butina had in 2015 with the Federal Reserve and Treasury officials
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npr.org/2019/02/15/695…
By coincidence, the Federal Reserve just responded to an NPR FOIA request demanding info on the Butina-Federal Reserve Meeting
It shows that Torshin/Butina took their meetings as a side-trip to their visit to the U.S. to attend the NRA's annual meeting
npr.org/2019/02/15/695…
It shows that Torshin/Butina took their meetings as a side-trip to their visit to the U.S. to attend the NRA's annual meeting
npr.org/2019/02/15/695…
NPR also obtained the internal memo the Federal Reserve wrote about the meeting.
It shows that back in Spring 2015, Butina and Torshin were already touting their NRA ties as credentials to top U.S. officials:
npr.org/2019/02/15/695…
It shows that back in Spring 2015, Butina and Torshin were already touting their NRA ties as credentials to top U.S. officials:
npr.org/2019/02/15/695…
