russia in the nra, one of the most influential organizations within the gop sphere of politics. there was a lot to learn in terms of those contacts. so this is something that we do intend to pursue. we ought to know everything we can find out about how the russians have used some of these organizations as vehic s as vec influence. it may be the russian gun rights counterpart there s no interest in gun rights in russia was set up for the purpose of infiltrating the nra and showing some kind of like minded organization on the russian side of things. as chairman of the house intelligence committee specifically, what are the next steps you plan on doing to investigate this? there s certainly documents we have wanted to obtain and witnesses we have wanted to bring before our committee. we will now have the opportunity to do both.
darling of the nra. the gun rights group shelled out more than $30 million to boost trump in 2016, according to the center for responsive politics. to get the endorsement is a fantastic honor. reporter: mueller s investigations were interested in how trump and his early operatives formed a relationship with the nra. how trump wound up speaking at the group s 2015 annual meeting, just months before announcing his presidential bid. trump was helped along by his son, donald trump junior. an avid outdoorsman who played a role in his father building ties to the nra. they love the nra more than anyone i know. they are my sons. they are lifetime members. great to be here. these are our people. reporter: what we don t know is if this is just an effort by the special counsel to make sure they have checked all their boxes or if this is some deeper probe into the relationship between the trump campaign and
the nra. the special counsel declined to comment ve comment. one thing notable is that president trump, when he received the written questions from the special counsel s team, he did not have a question about his relationship with the nra on that list. very, very interesting and intriguing. stay with us. shimon is with us as well. we re getting new details about this mystery company. a foreign-owned company. all of a sudden the u.s. supreme court is weighing in. 100% foreign-owned company. that s something we learned in the new filing today that was redacted. but we have been able to learn some information. one of the things that s most interesting and i m obsessed about is how much money is being spent by this company, essentially this country, to try to fight this subpoena. what we learned in the filing was they were served with a grand jury subpoena as a witness. the mueller team wants information from them in a criminal proceeding. the company is arguing they
cooperate. i don t go into the substance of what they have to say, i do expose when they make fraudulent claims of privilege. congressman schiff, thanks for joining us. thank you, wolf. i should say mr. chairman. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. we will get back to you. what might the special counsel have learned about the trump campaign and the nra? stand by for more on this breaking story. i hear it in the background and she s watching too, saying [indistinct conversation] [friend] i ve never seen that before. i have.
enforcement, it has come under scrutiny for its ties to russians and massive support of trump in 2016. one russian, maria butina. she pleaded guilty to engaging in a conspiracy against the u.s. as part of her deal, she admitted she tried to build relationships with nra members as a way to infiltrate republican political circles and influence u.s. relations with russia. she worked at the behest of a former russian banker and lifetime nra member who was sanctioned by the u.s. last year. years prior to her arrest, butina managed to ask trump about his views on russia at a political event. if you elected as president, what would be your foreign politics in relationship with my country? i believe i would get along very nicely with putin. okay? reporter: despite trump s prior support for a ban on assault weapons, he became a