To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate

Investigate the GOP's Ties with Russia

The GOP has allied itself with a president who has such questionable ties to Russia that they prompted an FBI investigation, and GOP candidates have received money from the NRA that may have been funneled from Russian sources. Ask Congressional committees to investigate the GOP's ties to Russia that would prompt its refusal to challenge the president and that would cause it to send lawmakers to Russia to appease Russian officials in the summer of 2018.

Why is this important?

As evidenced by the past two years of obstruction, the Republican Party has relinquished its duties in providing oversight of the president and refused to serve as a separate branch of government meant to provide a check on executive power. Numerous ties established between the Trump administration and Russia have been concurrent with curious ties to the Republican Party --infiltrated by now-indicted Russian operative Maria Butina--and contributors like the NRA. To preserve our democracy from foreign interference and to better understand the GOP's active attacks on federal investigators into the Mueller investigation, Congress must act and investigate the Republican Party and congressional Republicans to shed light on any compromising ties to our foreign adversary and potentially dispel any doubts if there is no connection present.