The Noose Tightens As Robert Mueller Likely Has The NRA's Tax Returns

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/08/09/the-noose-tightens-as-robert-mueller-likely-has-the-nras-tax-returns.html

Posted on Thu, Aug 9th, 2018 by Jason Easley
The Noose Tightens As Robert Mueller Likely Has The NRA’s Tax Returns


The NRA’s problems might be even worse than imagined as legal experts say that Mueller already has their tax returns, according to MSNBC’s Ari Melber.

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Melber said, “On the investigative side, Bob Mueller can subpoena the NRA’s tax records and legal experts tell us it’s highly likely Mueller already has them from at least the years around the election based on the kind of moves he’s been making. So it does go back to the famous phrase follow the money. We also know some of that money was spent as far back as 2013. That’s when NRA leadership jumped at the chance to visit Moscow for a talk about gun policy.”

The NRA’s trip to Russia in 2013 is interesting because according to both intelligence experts, and the Mueller investigation that is around the time that Russia began to put together their operation to divide and disrupt in the United States. The Russian division efforts are different from their election interference although the two did come together in support of Donald Trump in 2016.

The NRA has some huge problems. There is the Maria Butina scandal. They are also under federal investigation for potentially laundering money from Putin to Trump during the 2016 election, and they have become such an insurance risk that they may have to close down NRATV because they can’t get media liability insurance.

If Mueller has their tax returns, that means that he can likely prove the NRA/Russia connection. A group that hid behind the flag and the Second Amendment could be set to be exposed for helping Russia attack the United States of America.

The worst thing ever to happen to the far right was Donald Trump winning the 2016 election.

[Poiuyt]

1. The NRA is a nonprofit organization

Their 990 tax form would be a matter of public record.

[Cosmocat]

6. It should, but

It does nit show each individual donation.

[euphorb]

7. Not all parts of the 990 are public

Specifically, the names of major contributors and the amounts they contributed are not available to the public. That information would have to be subpoenaed.

[TomSlick]

2. Please, God.

It would be too cool if Mueller took down the NRA and Trump.

[BlueSpot]

12. I think I might literally dance in the street if that happens

The twofer to end all twofers.

[fierywoman]

3. Isn't this the same time period as the serious uptick in school shootings?

[former9thward]

9. No. The serious uptick in school shootings started in the 90s.

[meow2u3]

4. Please God, turn Mueller loose on those political terrorists

Bring the Nefarious Russia-loving Assholes to their knees!

[Mr. Ected]

5. Aside from election fraud, isn't there a RICO violation lingering in all of this?

Money laundering, fraud....NRA and GOP are nothing more than crime syndicates. The question is, can Mueller catch them before they suffocate democracy?

[volstork]

8. "The worst thing ever to happen to the far right was Donald Trump winning the 2016 election."

Please let this be their death knell.

[tblue37]

10. Womp, womp. nt

[cstanleytech]

11. The self inflicted wound they committed has roots that go back decades and its

because the far right decided on a strategy of seeking varies groups such as the extreme racists and ignorant morons as their voting base.

[Izzy Blue]

13. NRA admits moving money from accounts with foreign donations to US campaign accounts

Mar 27, 2018

"The National Rifle Association acknowledged this week that it has moved money from accounts with foreign donation to accounts that are used for spending on U.S. political campaigns. The organization insists the transactions are “permitted by law.”

After it was announced that special counsel Robert Mueller was investigating whether the NRA was used to funnel Russian money into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked the gun group to prove that the allegations were untrue.

NPR reported on Tuesday that the NRA admitted in a letter to Wyden that “we do receive some contributions from foreign individuals and entities,” but it also insisted that “those contributions are made directly to the NRA for lawful purposes.”

According to NPR,“the movement of its money between accounts could make it difficult, if not impossible, to track how the money is spent since it is not isolated or sequestered.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/nra-admits-m...

[jmowreader]

14. We call this "money laundering"

They ADMITTED to this?

[Lee-Lee]

15. In this case no, but Raw Story is doing the typical tell half the story thing

The NRA money from people with Russian ties or address appears, at least from what info is available now, to be not be about $2500 and it came from people buying memberships and thins like magazine subscriptions.

An NRA life membership can run anywhere from $800-1500 depending on some factors, so this is literally like 2-3 people buying life memberships or 50 buying annual ones or any mix in there.

The NRA is actually a mix of several groups with different tax status. The main one that sell memberships doesn’t do any political stuff in order to retain its nonprofit status, but it’s PAC does z

Since the money was from sales of memberships it’s legal for them to send some of that money to the PAC, as opposed to a donation.

Had this been a huge amount of money you could possible look and say they were using membership sales to hide political funds and money launder it. And if it comes out to be more money that may be true. But when the amount comes down to just the cost of a few life memberships it would be hard to ever say in court that it wasn’t just a few Russians who wanted to buy a membership.