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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 06:38 PM Jul 2018

Maria Butina's Gun Rights Group Funded Ex-Sheriff David Clarke's Russia Trip, Docs Reveal

Maria Butina’s Gun Rights Group Funded Ex-Sheriff David Clarke’s Russia Trip, Docs Reveal

by Amy Russo | 3:55 pm, July 22nd, 2018

The Maria Butina scandal continues to grow in Milwaukee County, where it has been revealed that former Sheriff David Clarke‘s 2015 trip to Russia was sponsored in part by the gun rights group funded by the alleged Kremlin agent herself.

County financial disclosure documents obtained by the FOX6 local news channel show that Right to Bear Arms, Butina’s organization which touts aims mimicking those of the NRA, footed a $6,000 bill for lodgings, food and transportation.

The breakdown is as follows:

$3,000 for a hotel

$1,2000 for meals, which averaged out to $200 each day

$1,000 for transportation with an additional $800 spent on “excursions”


The NRA covered the rest of the $40,000 in charges racked up on the 16-day trip, which included a visit to Israel.

While abroad, Clarke tweeted a photo of himself standing beside a Russian officer, adding, “Met earlier with a Russian Foreign Minister who spoke on Mid East.”




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Maria Butina's Gun Rights Group Funded Ex-Sheriff David Clarke's Russia Trip, Docs Reveal (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2018 OP
Yes sir re ! Wellstone ruled Jul 2018 #1
She has a pretty extensive CV canetoad Jul 2018 #2
So..... Turbineguy Jul 2018 #3
wow Matthew28 Jul 2018 #4
$750 for a selection of furry hats htuttle Jul 2018 #5
How much for Red Sparrows? jpak Jul 2018 #6
There's that "gun rights group" again. PSPS Jul 2018 #7

Matthew28

(1,798 posts)
4. wow
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 06:56 PM
Jul 2018

Isn't it amazing that the entire anti-government right looks to be in bed with fucking russia? It all makes sense now. It is about taking this country down and making russia the the leader of the world..

PSPS

(13,595 posts)
7. There's that "gun rights group" again.
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 07:50 PM
Jul 2018

So, who are the members of this russian "gun rights group?" Let me guess. "It's a secret" (i.e., there are none.) The fact is, there is no such thing as a russian "gun rights group" and there is no "gun rights" movement in russia.

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