Gun-rights activist who tried to infiltrate US conservative groups to promote Russian political interests denied accusations in interview from prisonSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.49pm BST NPR has also obtained documents about Maria Butina’s work with Alexander Torshin, then a Russian central banker, when they conducted outreach to the US Treasury department and the Federal Reserve in 2015.Torshin has been sanctioned by the Treasury department and cannot return to the US. Treasury aide Erik Woodhouse consulted with a number of officials inside its Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the White House’s National Security Council, but no red flags were raised about the meeting, which ultimately took place on April 7, 2015.A few years later, after Butina was arrested, a Treasury Department staffer wrote about what took place. 2.35pm BST James Comey, the former director of the FBI, became the latest former federal prosecutor or senior judicial figure to say the Mueller report contains sufficient evidence that Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice and would have been charged, if he was not president. Comey said Thursday night he agreed with the conclusion outlined in a joint letter that has now been signed by 803 individuals who have said that the details in Robert Mueller’s report into Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential race would meet the threshold for multiple felony charges for obstruction. Related: Comey says Mueller’s evidence enough to charge Trump if he weren’t president Continue reading…
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