Rohrabacher, Behrends, Akhmetshin, Veselnitskaya, and Matlock had dinner

"During Royce’s hearing, Rohrabacher approvingly compared Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin. The congressman also submitted, for the congressional record, testimony that claimed Russia had not been behind the radioactive poisoning of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London. 

Rohrabacher, Behrends, Akhmetshin, Veselnitskaya, and Matlock had dinner together later that night at the Capitol Hill Club, a private members’ establishment for Republicans. The evening was organized by Lanny Wiles, a veteran GOP operative. 

The following day, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was caught on tape telling Republican colleagues: 

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.” When some of the lawmakers laughed, he replied: “Swear to blogGod.”


https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-lawmaker-got-direction-from-moscow-took-it-back-to-dc