Oh No! It’s Sheriff Clarke’s Turn in the Barrel

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Russian foreign agent Maria Butina has been arrested for operating as an undisclosed foreign agent, tasked with infiltrating the NRA and other conservative political organizations in the US on behalf of Russia. It turns out her gun rights front group, Right to Bear Arms, paid for Sheriff David Clarke’s trip to Moscow.

See full financial disclosure form here.

Here’s a photo Clarke posted from his trip on December 10th, 2015.

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