Who Is Maria Butina? The Story of Accused Russian Spy Who Infiltrated the NRA Before '16 Election

Last week, a Russian gun rights activist named Maria Butina, who had direct ties with the NRA, was charged by the Justice Department with acting as an unregistered agent of the Russian government. She was arrested in Washington, D.C., as she was preparing to go back to Russia. Butina is accused of trying to infiltrate the NRA and other right-wing groups. Butina worked for the Russian banker Aleksandr Torshin, a longtime friend of the NRA who now serves as the deputy head of the Russian central bank. In January, McClatchy reported the FBI was investigating whether Torshin illegally funneled money to the NRA to help Trump. The NRA spent more than $30 million to help elect Trump-more than twice what it spent on Mitt Romney's run in 2012. For more, we speak with Greg Gordon, Washington correspondent for McClatchy. His report in January with Peter Stone was headlined "FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump."