oct 4, 2016 - Person 1 emails an acquaintance, "I’ve been involved in securing a VERY private line of communication between the Kremlin and key Republican leaders through, of all conduits, the NRA."

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/07/16/timeline-the-odd-overlap-of-maria-butina-the-gun-rights-movement-and-the-2016-election/?utm_term=.6d4f07423981

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080761/download

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1080766/download