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2018-07-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Mueller team likely gained secret access to NRA tax filings, experts say

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Posted by 3dc 2018-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 The tax filings would reveal the NRA’s “dark money” donors, whose names are hidden on public documents.

Hmm - what's wrong with that sentence?

Posted by Raj 2018-07-03 00:27|| 2018-07-03 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 No worries! The top GOPee congressional toothless barking dog, Trey Gowdy, told them off last week...

Posted by Slogum Scourge of the Jutes8557 2018-07-03 00:47|| 2018-07-03 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 And the silent coup proceeds apace.

Posted by AlanC 2018-07-03 08:11|| 2018-07-03 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 "Russia-linked individuals"..... Easy enough to orchestrate such contributions, then publicize them and call for further investigations. Full IRS disclosure will of course be necessary.

What sort of project funding should we budget for? Not more than $2,500, excluding postage and handling.

The NRA disclosed in April that it received about $2,500 in contributions from 23 Russia-linked individuals since 2015. McClatchy reported earlier this year that the FBI was looking into whether one of those donors, Alexander Torshin, used the NRA to funnel money to the Trump campaign.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-07-03 08:20|| 2018-07-03 08:20|| Front Page Top

#5 So that $2500, divided across 23 people, amounts to little more than each of them getting 3-year memberships. Assume they actually had a mix, and it still looks like membership fees from people in Russia with US citizenship.

So how much in that stunningly small wad of cash was "funneled" to the Trump campaign? How does that compare to overseas donations made to the Clinton campaign? To, say, a single Hollywood celebrity's structured donations that were clearly intended to get around limits? To the illegal donations made to the Obama campaigns because they had disabled credit card checks on their site?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-07-03 09:53|| 2018-07-03 09:53|| Front Page Top

#6 What a load of crap.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-07-03 10:29|| 2018-07-03 10:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Grasping at straws to keep it in the news...

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-07-03 10:54|| 2018-07-03 10:54|| Front Page Top

#8 How does this relate to TrumpRussia????

Posted by USN, Ret. 2018-07-03 11:06|| 2018-07-03 11:06|| Front Page Top

#9 He's trying to damage Republican support structure before the collapse of his investigation. I suspect this info will be leaked at some point and crowds will surround the larger donors houses or themselves while out at restaurants.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-07-03 15:00|| 2018-07-03 15:00|| Front Page Top

#10 I suspect this info will be leaked at some point and crowds will surround the larger donors houses or themselves while out at restaurants.

Bingo.

Plus, they've been running a campaign to smear the NRA all year. The $2500 from Americans in Russia has been part of the propaganda campaign since it was "discovered" -- it somehow means the NRA is controlled by Russians, at least when it's not controlled by gun manufacturers.

Mind you, we'll never hear how much cash went to, say, the ACLU from Russian (rather, Soviet) sources...

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-07-03 16:17|| 2018-07-03 16:17|| Front Page Top

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