ORFIIN HATCH, UTAH. CHAIRMAN

CHUCK GRASSLEY, IOWA RON WYDEN, OREGON
MIKE CRAPO, IDAHO DEBBIE STABENOW, MICHIGAN

PAT ROBERTS, KANSAS MARIA CANTWELL, WASHINGTON

MICHAEL ENZI. WYOMING BILL NELSON, FLORIDA

JOHN CORNYN, TEXAS ROBERT MENENDEZ, NEW JERSEY

JOHN THUNE, SOUTH DAKOTA THOMAS CARPER, DELAWARE 

RICHARD BURR, NORTH CAROLINA BENJAMIN CARDIN, MARYLAND n1 tE tat?g Enatz
JOHNNY ISAKSON. GEORGIA SHERROD BROWN, OHIO

ROB PORTMAN, OHIO MICHAEL BENNET, COLORADO

PATRICK TOOMEY. ROBERT CASEY. JR 

DEAN HELLER. NEVADA MARK WARNER, VIRGINIA COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

TIM SOUTH CAROLINA CLAIRE MISSOURI

BILL CASSIDY, LOUISIANA SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, RHODE ISLAND WASHINGTON, DC 2051 0?52 00

A. JAY KHOSLA. STAFF DIRECTOR
JOSHUA SHEINKMAN, DEMOCRATIC STAFF DIRECTOR

February 2, 2018

The Honorable Steven T. Mnuchin
Secretary of the Treasury

US. Department of the Treasury
1500 Avenue, NW
Washington, DC. 20220

Dear Secretary Mnuchin,

I am writing to request any documents in the holdings of the Department of the Treasury
associated with the National Ri?e Association (NRA) and Russia. According to news reports,
the FBI is investigating whether Alexander Torshin, a Russian of?cial with close ties tO
President Vladimir Putin?who has reported links to money laundering?inappropriately and
illegally in?uenced our election.i

The national security as well as legal implications of these reports make it imperative that
Congress conduct a thorough investigation. I therefore request that you provide the Senate
Finance Committee any documents relevant to ?nancial links between the NRA and its
associated entities and Mr. Torshin or other Russian of?cials, and that you include any
documents related to shell companies or other illicit funding mechanisms suspected Of being
connected to these reported links. I am particularly interested in documents from the Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network and other elements Of the Of?ce Of Terrorism and
Financial Intelligence.

As you know, the Senate Finance Committee has the expertise and experience necessary to
conduct complex ?nancial investigations, including those involving money laundering, and to
review the legal and national security implications of its ?ndings. I ask that the Department
please contact Committee staff at (202) 224?4515 to make arrangements or to answer any further
questions. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

Sincerely,

Zita/MN

Ron Wyden
United States Senator

 

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