Dem Report: NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' for Russia

The National Rifle Association was a "foreign asset" for Russia as the 2016 presidential election neared — and the gun-rights group underwrote political access for convicted spy Maria Butina and others despite knowing their Kremlin ties, according to a Senate Democratic report Friday.

"NRA officers' apparent use of the NRA for personal gain fits a larger pattern of reported self-dealing and raises serious questions about whether the NRA broke U.S. tax laws," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, the Senate Finance Committee's ranking Democrat, said on Twitter.