Scoop: Trump Meets With LaPierre to Discuss How N.R.A. Could Support Political Defense

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 5:41pm |

SCOOP - with @anniekarni, Trump met with Wayne LaPierre in the Oval Office today https://t.co/seMatuG6pJ
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 27, 2019

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/politics/trump-lapierre-nra-impeachment.html

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Also too, 8 hrs. ago, Sen. Ron Wyden Twitter thread on N.R.A. and Russia conclusions by Senate Finance Comm.:

NEWS: For more than a year my @SenateFinance staff has been investigating the NRA’s relationship with foreign agent Maria Butina and Russian government official Alexander Torshin and their role in the Kremlin’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.

Here’s what they found.
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) September 27, 2019

Edited to add, here's The Guardian's coverage of same:

Anyone who has been paying attention to #NationalistRussianAlliance for the past few years saw this coming a mile awayhttps://t.co/8D31XNgTBa
— (((Edelweißpirat))) #HadEnough (@crandallgold) September 27, 2019

Here's Seth Abramson tying the two stories together:

ALSO JUST IN: The Senate issued a report today saying that the NRA acted as a "Russian asset" during the 2016 presidential election.

So Trump asking for the aid of the NRA in surviving an impeachment fight is *literally* him asking a foreign asset for election aid... *again*. https://t.co/eUxjg6rO2s
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) September 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 5:58pm

Sen. Ted Lieu: "Felony" on the one; Richard W. Painter: "Treasonous" on the other:

If the below article is accurate, it appears @realDonaldTrump seeks to trade action on legislation in exchange for financial support from the @NRA. That would be illegal. A felony, to be exact. https://t.co/gCPOkgv2VD
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 27, 2019

The NRA’s Red Sparrow. The men in charge all knew.
Treasonous.
https://t.co/NObasrtxsX
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) September 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 5:59pm

Painter also echoing "Felony" on the NYTimes story:

If the NRA was offering financial support for Trump’s legal defense in return for Trump supporting the NRA on gun laws, that’s called a BRIBE. That’s a FELONY.

Trump Meets With LaPierre to Discuss How N.R.A. Could Support Political Defense https://t.co/PKIgg25kWj
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) September 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 6:01pm

Ken White of the "Make No Law" podcast:

Hey @NRA @realDonaldTrump did one of u drop this I just found it on the ground over herehttps://t.co/PeXSLr4lNW
— VeryGrammaticalHat (@Popehat) September 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 6:11pm

Just for fun, Sahil Kapur, national political reporter for Bloomberg :

I’m especially nervous I’m gonna miss something in my weekly news roundup today, but here goes...
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 6:14pm

Scoop: Trump Meets With LaPierre to Discuss How N.R.A. Could Support Political Defense

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