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Russian banker said he met Trump through NRA
The Russian banker under scrutiny for money transfers to the National Rifle Association said the organization helped him meet President Trump.
Alexander Torshin, a deputy head of Russia's central bank, is one of his country's strongest supporters of the NRA, even hosting dinners for an American delegation that came to Moscow in 2015.
A report earlier this year said federal investigators were looking into whether his payments to the group were funneled towards Trump's election as part of what Fusion GPS investigator Glenn Simpson said was a "very concerted effort" by Russian officials to get in with the gun lobby.
Further digging by NPR into Torshin's prolific Twitter use found that he also mentioned in December 2015 that he knew the then-candidate.
Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, posted these photos of himself with members of a National Rifle Association (NRA) delegation in Russia on December 12, 2015. (Dmitry Rogozin via Twitter)
Alexander Torshin, a deputy head of Russia's central bank, is one of his country's strongest supporters of the NRA, even hosting dinners for an American delegation that came to Moscow in 2015.
A report earlier this year said federal investigators were looking into whether his payments to the group were funneled towards Trump's election as part of what Fusion GPS investigator Glenn Simpson said was a "very concerted effort" by Russian officials to get in with the gun lobby.
Further digging by NPR into Torshin's prolific Twitter use found that he also mentioned in December 2015 that he knew the then-candidate.
Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, posted these photos of himself with members of a National Rifle Association (NRA) delegation in Russia on December 12, 2015. (Dmitry Rogozin via Twitter)
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