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Tim Mak @timkmak
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Buried in Senate Judiciary Cmte Dem report on Trump camp efforts to get incriminating info re Clinton:

"The Committee has obtained a number of documents that suggest the Kremlin used the National Rifle Association as a means of accessing and assisting Mr. Trump and his campaign"
We've done a ton of investigative work on possible NRA/Russia ties.

Here's our work, based on public records requests, that show how Russian politician Alexander Torshin criss-crossed the US for years to build up relations w/conservative groups:

npr.org/2018/05/11/610…
Here was our scoop about how the NRA acknowledged more than 20 Russian-linked contributors, after a spokesman said there was only one

npr.org/2018/04/11/601…
Here was our story about how the NRA first admitted it took foreign $, but said it didn't go to election work: npr.org/2018/03/27/597…
And here's our piece about how Russian politician Alexander Torshin said he knew Donald Trump through the NRA -- and wrote in real time about his work cultivating NRA bigwigs

npr.org/2018/03/01/590…
Here's my story about how a Torshin aide bragged about being a connection between Team Trump and Russia: thedailybeast.com/the-kremlin-an…
And finally here's my piece from last year which reported that an NRA delegation traveled to Moscow to meet with the sanctioned Putin deputy who is charge of Russia's defense industry (and now-sanctioned Russian politician Alexander Torshin)

thedailybeast.com/top-trump-ally…
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