it sounds like something out of a liberal conspiracy theory. vladimir putin takes advantage of dark money loopholes under the infamous citizens united ruling to move hugs amounts of money through the national rifle association, which uses said money to help elect donald j. trump president of the united states. but that is the theory currently being investigated by the fbi, according to mcclatchy. and it has more to make it plausible than you might think at first. according to newly released testimony by the cofounder fusion gps, the firm behind the trump dossier, the firm turned up evidence of a long-term russian operation. quote, it appears the russians, you know, infiltrated the nra. the testimony named specifically aleksandr torshin, who would, of course, be the same russian banker cited in the mcclatchy story. he helped found a similar pro-gun organization in russia. and over the decade, his organization has included many