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To: isopatch who wrote (1114414)1/31/2019 10:01:45 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1579908
 
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NRA Heavyweight Wanted Access to Putin: Leaked Email

‘Impressing the NRA’s Russian hosts is the quickest way to secure a private interview with President Putin,’ an organizer of the NRA’s infamous 2015 trip to Moscow wrote,

Betsy Woodruff
01.30.19 8:31 PM ET

The Erickson email, which has not been previously quoted, indicates that the NRA officials on the Moscow trip believed they were meeting with Kremlin power players who could influence the country’s president. The existence of this email was first reported by The New York Times.

Erickson’s email also said the trip could help ease relations between Russia and the U.S. by creating a way for the Kremlin to connect with a future Republican president.

“As we discussed over lunch in Iowa, Russia believes that high level contacts with the NRA might be the BEST means of neutral introduction to either the next American President OR to a meaningful re-set in relations with the Congress under a (God forbid) President Clinton,” he wrote. “This simple good will trip would have enormous diplomatic consequences for a future U.S. / Russia bilateral relationship to the world.”

thedailybeast.com



To: isopatch who wrote (1114414)2/2/2019 12:22:16 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1579908
 
I hear that!