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FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump - focusing on Alexander Torshin, deputy governor of Russia’s central bank, who has close ties to Putin and the NRA
mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
NRA spending on the 2016 election may have been as high as $70 million
Spanish authorities have implicated Torshim for money launder and describe him as a godfather in a major Russian criminal organization called Taganskaya
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Torshin is connected to Johnny Yenason who I covered in this thread of people included in Sen Feinstein letter sent to Cambridge Analytica
whoops, typos galore above - should be Torshin, money laundering - hazards of doing tweet threads on an iphone!
💥 Alexander Torshin who is being investigated by the FBI was one of the people included in Oct '17 letter Sen Feinstein sent to CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA
feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/…
fyi 👆🏼 Alexander Torshin was in Sen Feinstein's Oct '17 letter to Cambridge Analytica @annmarlowe @profcarroll @carolecadwalla @J_amesp @peterjukes @NatashaBertrand @KevinGHall @justinhendrix
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The FBI has obtained secret wiretaps by Spanish police of conversations involving Alexander Torshin, deputy governor of Russia’s Central Bank, who has close ties to Republican lawmakers and the NRA, which led to a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. in May 2016. yahoo.com/news/trumps-so…
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^ FBI is investigating if Russian money went into the unprecedented $30M NRA spent to help Trump – focusing on Alexander Torshin [Russia’s central bank deputy chief/close Putin ally/RU mafia boss w/ties to NRA], who was contact with Trump campaign.
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^ ICYMI: Torshin [close Putin ally & godfather of Russia's Taganskaya crime syndicate w/ ties to NRA] exchanged emails w/ Jared Kushner, met w/ Don Jr & was on Trump's guest list for the Feb 2, 2017 National Prayer Breakfast.
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FBI probing the NRA for using *illegal* #Russian🇷🇺money to help Trump win‼️

The NRA reported it spent a *record $55 million* on 2016 elections, including $30 million for Trump – TRIPLE what it spent for Mitt Romney in 2012.🤨 1/

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Even WORSE:

👉🏼Most of the $55 million was spent by an arm of the NRA that is *not required to disclose its donors*
👉🏼Two people w/close connections to the NRA said its total election spending actually was *$70 million*

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The gap btwn the $55 million (reported) and $70 million (actual) may be b/c independent groups are *not required to report how much they spend on Internet ads or field operations*, including get-out-the-vote efforts‼️🤬 3/
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