These allegations of business impropriety mirror other scandals currently engulfing America's most powerful gun rights lobby.
Wyden's report"confirms Butina and Torshin utilized a network of Russian oligarchs and high-ranking Kremlin officials" to lure NRA leaders and influential persons to Moscow"with promises of lucrative business opportunities." This reportedly included companies that were subject to U.S. sanctions.
"Members of the NRA delegation participated in the Moscow trip primarily or solely for the purpose of advancing personal business interests, rather than advancing the NRA's tax-exempt purpose," the Senate Finance Committee Democrats wrote. "The report from the Senate Finance Committee shows the NRA has been engaged in business activities and self-dealing that likely violate nonprofit rules under the tax code," he said in a press release."The NRA has abused its tax-exempt status and essentially become a business enterprise that its board members and leadership use for lucrative personal business opportunities, including in Moscow.
Brewer continued,"As noted by the committee Republicans in their rebuttal, this report is a transparent effort to justify yet another 'fishing expedition' into the NRA."
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