Thread by @igorvolsky

1. A bombshell Senate investigation has uncovered that @NRA acted as a "foreign asset" for Russia in 2016 by underwriting the efforts of known Kremlin assets in forming relationships with powerful American politicians. npr.org/2019/09/27/764…

@NRA 2. Top @NRA officials were fully aware that Maria Butina & Aleksander Torshin were Kremlin assets yet continued to *pay for* and *facilitate* their introductions into American political organizations, including a 2015 trip to Russia.

@NRA 3. @NRA even tried to hide payments related to the 2015 trip NRA officials took to Russia and found ways of "getting the trip off the NRA's books."

Wow.

@NRA 4. What's worse, the Senate investigation found the @NRA's 2015 Russia trip took place "primarily or solely for the purpose of advancing personal business interests, rather than advancing the NRA's tax-exempt purpose" -- thus potentially violating its tax status.

@NRA 5. Given all of this damning evidence, Sen @RonWyden, who oversaw the investigation, has called on the IRS to investigate @NRA's tax exempt-status.

(NRA is already under investigation by Attorneys general in in NY & DC)