Turns out there WAS collusion… Who is U.S. Person 1 and what is their relation with the Trump campaign?
And what will be the repercussions for the NRA- already responsible for the murder of countless americans?

I sense a forshadowing of things to come…

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/16/russian-agent-conspiracy-guns-724470

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In May 2016, Butina and Torshin attempted through intermediaries to arrange a meeting between Putin and Trump, claiming Torshin was acting at the behest of the Russian president, the New York Times reported. The subject line of one related email, which was later turned over to Senate investigators, read, “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite,” the Times reported, citing one person who had seen it. It said Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior campaign aide, rejected the request.

That same month, Torshin shared a table at an NRA-sponsored dinner with Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., according to an account Torshin later gave Bloomberg.

In the court filings on Monday, the Justice Department also identified two U.S. people and a U.S. congressman as working with Butina. It did not identify those people or suggest that they were witting accomplices to any illegal acts.

One of them, identified only as “U.S. Person 1,” allegedly corresponded frequently with Butina and offered her guidance, advice on strategy and lists of influential Americans who could help her in the United States. That person appears also to have been under federal investigation; the FBI affidavit discloses that U.S. authorities had access to his or her email and that Person 1 told an acquaintance that, “I’ve been involved in securing a VERY private line of communication between the Kremlin and key POLITICAL PARTY 1 leaders through, of all conduits” a U.S. gun rights organization.

Based on other information in the court documents, those references appear to be to the Republican Party and the NRA.

One of Butina’s closest American contacts, veteran Republican operative Paul Erickson, has drawn the interest of lawmakers probing the ties between Russia, the NRA and the Trump campaign — and where Butina and Torshin fit in.

In December 2015, Erickson visited Russia along with former NRA President David Keene and other guns rights activists, which reportedly was attended by Torshin. Two months later, Erickson and Butina reportedly formed a limited liability corporation, Bridges, LLC, in his home state of South Dakota, where Butina had residency and was promoting her Russian guns rights group, Right to Bear Arms.

In spring 2016, Erickson worked through various intermediaries, including Butina, to try and set up a meeting between Trump and Putin, by first having campaign officials — and hopefully Trump himself — meet with Torshin at the NRA convention that May, according to media reports. In one email to the Trump campaign, Erickson described Butina, who attended the convention with Torshin, as Putin’s “emissary.” After the election, they reportedly were seen together around Washington, including at a VIP-only inauguration ball.

On Monday, Erickson could not be reached for comment about the charges against Butina. His voice mail was full and he did not respond to a text message seeking comment. Keene, the former NRA President, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Butina, under Torshin’s direction, also worked other “diverse and multifaceted” avenues, according to the documents, including getting many influential Russians invited to National Prayer Breakfasts in the United States, hosting dinners between Russians and influential Americans in Washington and New York, and attending political events.

In July 2015, Butina posed a question to Trump about his relations with Moscow during a libertarian convention in Las Vegas, just a month after the Republican announced his campaign for president.
“I am visiting from Russia,” she said in an exchange that was captured by a group called LetsTalkNevada. “If you’d be elected as president, what will be your foreign politics, especially in relationships with my country, and do you want to continue politics of sanctions that damage both economies or you have any other ideas?”

“I know Putin…I believe I would get along very nicely with Putin,” Trump said. “I don’t think you’d need the sanctions.”

On election night, Butina and Torshin followed along in real time and corresponded via Twitter messages, according to the FBI official’s affidavit. After Trump’s surprise victory, Butina wrote Torshin to say, “I’m going to sleep. It’s 3 a.m. here. I am ready for further orders.”