communication between the russian government allegedly and the republican party and the national rifle association now she appears to be a gun enthusiast there are a lot of photos on social media of her carrying a firearm and it is essentially alleged that she was communicating with a government bank in russia she was communicating with government officials in russia all while she was do lobbying and trying to you know work in the interests of russia and work with the national rifle association and other interests that's what's essentially alleged now from there we've seen a lot of international media jump to making allegations about spying and engaging in some kind of asked me in objectivity but if you read the affidavit that's not what's alleged what's alleged is essentially that she engaged in a lobbying this is actually what we heard from senator chris murphy regarding the arrest but no the russian operative was rolled up in what appears to be. a coordinated attack against the united states elections by the n.r.a. and the russian government that's not actually what the affidavit says it says t

she was working primarily with the national rifle association, trying to encourage the national rifleident trump, which it did. and she came to a press conference of the president's. asked a question there. raised the issue of sanctions. and she's not charged with espionage. she's charged with being a foreign agent without registering, which is an unusual criminal charge. it doesn't usually lead to criminal charges, but i guess the department of justice felt her behavior was so obviously an advocate for what russia wanted -- >> and that's the point. so is that what she was doing -- what they are accusing her of is basically trying to make in roads for vladimir putin in the u.s. her asks were unusual. she really wanted vladimir putin to be able to go to the national prayer breakfast in 2017. so what was a big ask. then she also wanted to play some role on the campaign. she met don jr. she was trying to establish back roads according to the indictment, back roads to the campaign. there was a picture of don jr. at some sort of nra event with her. and she was, i guess, working with the nr

communication between the russian government allegedly and the republican party and the national rifle association now she appears to be a gun enthusiast there are a lot of photos on social media of her carrying a firearm and it is essentially alleged that she you know was communicating with a government bank in russia she was communicating with government officials in russia all while she was do lobbying and trying to you know work in the interests of russia and work with the national rifle association and other interests that's what's essentially alleged now from there we've seen a lot of international media jump to making allegations about spying and engaging in some kind of asked me in objectivity but if you read the affidavit that's not what's alleged what's alleged is essentially that she engaged in a lobbying this is actually what we heard from senator chris murphy regarding the arrest but no the russian operative was rolled up in what appears to be a coordinated attack against the united states elections by the n.r.a. and the russian government that's not actually what the affidavit says i

government and is alleged to have infiltrated the national rifle association. has the latest from washington. at wednesday's court hearing the u.s. justice department successfully argued that maria booty know would be an extreme flight risk if released pending trial the judge agreed and ordered the twenty nine year old woman to be held without bond in court filings prosecutors allege who posed as a gun rights activists and gain access to the top tiers of u.s. conservative groups the powerful national rifle association was her primary target photo show with n arrays former president and other notables on the american right prosecutors say she gained access to conservative v.i.p.'s through a romantic relationship she struck with a top republican operative and in two thousand and fifteen is believed to have interacted with none other than then presidential candidate donald trump at a forum prosecutors say buton acted as a russian agent under the direction of alexander torsion a deputy head of russia's central bank torsion is currently the target of u.s. sanctions

conservative groups the powerful national rifle association was her primary target photo show with n arrays former president and other notables on the american right prosecutors say she gained access to conservative v.i.p.'s through a romantic relationship she struck with a top republican operative and in two thousand and fifteen buton a is believed to have interacted with none other than then presidential candidate donald trump at a forum prosecutors say buton a acted as a russian agent under the direction of alexander torsion the deputy head of russia's central bank torsion is currently the target of u.s. sanctions for maligned activities pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and failure to register as a foreign agent her attorney says she is innocent of all charges but the american government argues that this case shows the breath and the depth of russia's activities in an attempt to influence american politics russia's foreign minister says there are no grounds for her robust should the presidential city it's been the big this fall fish accusations citizen just strange all

conservative groups the powerful national rifle association was her primary target photo show to know with n arrays former president and other notables on the american right prosecutors say she gained access to conservative v.i.p.'s through a romantic relationship she struck with a top republican operative and in two thousand and fifteen is believed to have interacted with none other than then presidential candidate donald trump at a forum prosecutors say boo to acted as a russian agent under the direction of alexander torsion a deputy head of russia's central bank torsion is currently the target of u.s. sanctions for maligned activity pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and failure to register as a foreign agent her attorney says she is innocent of all charges but the american government argues that this case shows the breath and the depth of russia's activities in an attempt to influence american politics. they survived on rainwater for nine days inside the depths of a flooded cave now members of a young thai football team have spoken about their ordeal for the first time wi

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conservative groups the powerful national rifle association was her primary target photo show with n arrays former president and other notables on the american right prosecutors say she gained access to conservative v.i.p.'s through a romantic relationship she struck with a top republican operative and in two thousand and fifteen is believed to have interacted with none other than then presidential candidate donald trump at a forum prosecutors say buton acted as a russian agent under the direction of alexander torsion the deputy head of russia's central bank torsion is currently the target of u.s. sanctions for maligned activities pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and failure to register as a foreign agent her attorney says she is innocent of all charges but the american government argues that this case shows the breath and the depth of russia's activities in an attempt to influence american politics. they survived on rain water for nine days inside the depths of a flooded cave now members of a thai youth football team have spoken about their ordeal for the first time step

she's accused of conspiring against the us government does alicia of evil traits of the national rifle association gun lobby group. at wednesday's court hearing the u.s. justice department successfully argued that maria booty know would be an extreme flight risk if released pending trial the judge agreed and ordered the twenty nine year old woman to be held without bond in court filings prosecutors allege who posed as a gun rights activists and gain access to the top tiers of u.s. conservative groups the powerful national rifle association was her primary target photo show with the n.r.a. is former president and other notables on the american right prosecutors say she gained access to conservative v.i.p.'s through a romantic relationship she struck with a top republican operative and in two thousand and fifteen buthe is believed to have interacted with none other than then presidential candidate donald trump at a forum prosecutors say buton a acted as a russian agent under the direction of alexander torsion the deputy head of russia's central bank torsion is currently the target of u.s. sanctions

trying to do hand in hand were to promote russia's interest by infiltrating groups like the national rifle associationment today, and trying to make inroads with other politicians. >> fascinating. it will be interesting to say what the national rifle association says. sara murray, thank you so much. christiane amanpour mentioned this a moment ago when she was out here. a local paper here in finland, the equivalent of the "wall street journal," one of our producers just managed to get ahold of one. the headline reads, "trump, 0, putin, 1." back home vladimir putin holds his hand. the headline, open treason. this comes only hours after today's remarks by president trump and the former head of the cia was unsparing in his opinions about what took place. as we mentioned, john brennan posted this on twitter. donald trump's rises and exceeds the threshold of high crimes and misdemeanors. it was nothing short of treasonous. he is wholly in the pocket of putin. republican patriots where are you? joining me by phone, james clapper, the former director of national intelligence and author of the book "fax and fe

fostering the ties with the national rifle association. in fact, operating as a russian agent here on u.s. soil at least according to the documents we are getting today from the justice department, wolf. >> and there's a statement that her lawyer has put out. is that right? >> that's right. her lawyer insisted she is not a russian agent. her lawyer goes on to say there's simply no indication of her seeking to influence or under mine a specific law or policy of the united states but only to promote a better relationship of the two nations and just wanted to foster better ties of the united states and that's certainly something she told a number of americans she met with here on u.s. soil, wolf. >> thank you for that report. we'll follow up and continue to watch the fallout of that. right now, the political fallout of everything that happened here in helsinki today. gloria borger, does this expand our understanding of the scope of russian interference in american politics, specifically the charges leveled against this russian woman? >> well,

government and is alleged to have infiltrated the national rifle association to get more of this from heidi show castro in washington d.c. so i don't know how the first of all what's said you saw happen in court. hi barbara in about a half hour's time maria boot in a is expected to be in federal court at which time government attorneys are expected to argue that she should remain locked behind bars until the time of her trial because as you said and as they laid out in court filings they consider her to be an extreme flight risk to russia behind the backing as evidence they cite her relationships with the money and political class in russia she has been under arrest now since friday when the f.b.i. took her into detainment as she was preparing to leave washington d.c. they say that this twenty nine year old russian national was posing as an american graduate student she is the founder of what she calls a nonprofit in russia called the right to bear arms in which she championed for the rights to own own weapons and guns in russia and the f.b.i. says that she along with her mentor a for

she and kremlin linked banker had close ties with the leadership of the national rifle association. it appeared to use that group as the primary avenue of influence. the nra did not respond to a request for comment. during the campaign, she tried to arrange a covert back channel of communication with then candidate trump and russian president putin. although it doesn't appear they were successful. as for butina, her lawyer insists she is not a russia agent but graduate student living in the u.s. and trying to foster a better relationship with u.s. and russia. sara murray, cnn, washington. >>> thank you. >> if you ran into trouble on amazon's web site yesterday, you were not alone. they were rough. more on the prime day problems next. i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? how can i download an e-file? virtual tours? zip-file? really big files? in seconds, not minutes... just like that. like everything... the answer is simple. i'll do what i've always done... dr

butina's gun lobbying got her privileged access in the united states, including to the national rifle associationn bolton, now u.s. national security adviser appeared in a 2013 video used by butina's organization to encourage the russian government to loosen gun laws. >> should the russian people have the right to bear arms? i can share with you a word about what this particular freedom has meant to americans and offer you encouragement as you consider embracing that freedom. >> i'm visiting from russia. >> oh putin, good friend of obama, putin. >> but it's now know putin's gun lobbying brought her into direct contact with donald trump, the russian asking the then-presidential candidate at a public libertarian event in 2015 about russia and sanctions. i believe i would get along very nicely with putin and i mean where we have the strength. i don't think you need the sanctions. >> while butina has denied the allegations, comparisons have been made between her and anna chapman, the flame-haired russian agent who gained notoriety and celebrity after being arrested in the united states as part of an

in fact, prosecutors say she was a russian agent accessing conservative groups like the national rifle association, the nra, to influence u.s. policy. it certainly got her privileged access to leading u.s. republicans like john bolton, now u.s. national security adviser but back in 2013 an nra official who agreed to appear in a pro gun video used by butina's russian lobbying group. >> should the russian people have the right to bear arms? i can share with you a word about what this particular freedom has meant to americans and offer you encouragement as you consider embracing that freedom. >> reporter: butina's social media accounts feature numerous videos of people shooting guns as well as meetings she attended as a speaker. her u.s. defense lawyer says she was just an energetic networker. and even the russian foreign minister has taken up her cause with his u.s. counterpart. in a recent phone call sergey lavrov told u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo that the case against butina was fabricated and stressed the unacceptability of the actions of the u.s. in arresting her. according to u.s. court

government and is alleged to have infiltrated the national rifle association gun lobby group better bring tears and applause in thailand as the twelve boys trapped in a flooded cave for more than two weeks finally returned home it's the first time they were allowed back with their families after being quarantined in hospital for a week following the rescue they had a news conference earlier for several of the boys apologize to their parents for going into the cave that they described the moment they were found as knowledgeable staff and reports from shanghai. the happy faces of what is now one of the world's most famous football teams the wild boars can finally go home well known not to put a performances on the pitch but for them a reckless survival and rescue from the pitch black of a cave in northern thailand. by a truck to go into the water and dig to see if we can go through but i could feel that the bottom was all sand and the top was just rocks a pulled the rope and the boys pulled me back afterwards i told one of the bullies that we cannot exit this way and what was planned as a o

widely believed to be a man named paul ericson who had ties to the national rifle association. and democrats have release the e-mails he sent suggesting he can broker a better relationship between the u.s. government and vladimir putin through the republican party. russians want american military secrets, guys, but also want influence in washington. they're not going to be in a shooting war with the yooitds any time soon but a lot of diplomatic standoffs. different policy on the occupation of crimea for example this is one way they went about doing it. while she's not labelled a spy, what she's alleged to have undodone is equally insidious. >>> president trump's trade war already hitting some of ameri america's farmers. our own vaughn hillyard is in nebraska. walk us through what you have. >>reporter: coming up on -- ♪ introducing e*trade personalized investments professionally managed portfolios customized to help meet your financial goals. you'll know what you're invested in and how it's performing. so you can spend more time floating about on your inflatable swan. [ding] bil

communication between the russian government allegedly and the republican party and the national rifle association now she appears to be a gun enthusiast there are a lot of photos on social media of her carrying a firearm and it is essentially alleged that she you know was communicating with a government bank in russia she was communicating with government officials in russia all while she was do lobbying and trying to you know work in the interests of russia and work with the national rifle association and other interests that's what's essentially alleged now from there we've seen a lot of international media jump to making allegations about spying and engaging in some kind of asked me in objectivity but if you read the affidavit that's not what's alleged what's alleged is essentially that she engaged in a lobbying this is actually what we heard from senator chris murphy regarding the arrest but no the russian operative was rolled up in what appears to be a coordinated attack against the united states elections by the n.r.a. and the russian government that's not actually what the affidavit says i

say, the national rifle association or planned parenthood. you know what their stances are. but when it is from americans for america, or some unknown group with some patriotic sounding name, people leaned in to say, who is that group? what are they saying? so we give more credibility to these organizations then we ought to. can, as much as they want, outspent the candidate to get there spending out. host: nick is calling from illinois, on the republican line. how are you? good morning, thank you for taking my call. have ally don't really comment on this, but it kind of goes in with what you guys are talking about. i think the democrats are having a messaging problem and a fundraising problem, because of colors like that lady from philadelphia, who wasn't clicked off for calling republicans jive-ass jive-ass honkies. you can call us whatever you want. we were called deplorables by hillary clinton. republicans have been called a lot. i would like everyone to know, we can't say nearly half the things that have been said about us about the democrats. that's pretty disgusting, n

conservative groups the powerful national rifle association was her primary target photo show with the n.r.a. is former president and other notables on the american right prosecutors say she gained access to conservative v.i.p.'s.

they say she was working to influence conservative politicians and the national rifle association on russia's behalf. >>> new at 11:00, the arrest of aormer commissioner caught on cell phone video. india blocker pepper sprayed a group of children saturday here on woodlandn terrace i southeast washington. according to a police report, blocker pepper sprayed several children and adults. witnesses say she became upset a fter kids sed arguing at nearby playground. a 10-year-old boy was one of the victims. >> it was right in my eyes. i couldn't on my eyes. >>eople running pouring water on their head, pouring milk. ed we contact blocker for a comment. she claims she is innocent and that she didn't pepper spray anyo. she faces a charge of simple assault. a> we're keeping watch o possible metro worker strike and how it could affect you. the union behind the thrt says it will meet with metro leadership tomorrow. union members voted overwhelmingly this past weekend touthorize a strike. that means the union's executive board can callt for one a any time. the union has not release add li -- rele

just today in a separate fbi investigation a russian gun rights activist linked to the national rifle associationrrested on charges that she acted as a kremlin agent. she crossed paths with donald trump and his son, don jr., in july of 2015. >> did the russians need an american partner with whom to collude? given that they were able to get access to all this information anyway. >> in the past every one of these campaigns, these active measures campaigns that they've done, they have benefited by having people in place, sources and spies, that could help them understand and aim and direct the work they've done. in this case i would suspect there is too. whether they're specifically tied to the trump campaign, i don't know. but if the past is any explanation, yes, they've always had people on the ground that can help them direct the kind of activity they're doing here. >> reporter: while mueller continues his work to find out if anyone lent the russians a hand in election meddling, on the pr front it seems putin got a huge lift today from the american president. on russian television he seemed delig

looking at most to promote a better relationship between the two nations. >> so far the national rifle association its relationship with maria butina. as for her, she will be in court here in washington, d.c. tomorrow we will see if she and her lawyer decide to fight these charge ands what kind much plea she decides to enter. erin? >> sarah, thank you. i want to go to harry sandik, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and julia, correspondent for gq magazine who interviewed butina in the past. julia, let me start with you. you know, she got in the same room with some really important people again and again, the national prayer breakfast, general michael flynn was there in 2017. donald trump, jr. at an nra event. donald trump himself at a campaign event in las vegas. i mean, that's pretty impressive. i don't know anybody who could have pulled off that trifecta that easily. how sophisticated was she? >> she seems like she's pretty sophisticated. you know, i have to say that that january 2017 national prayer breakfast, there were a lot of other russian politicians there and ther

the organization she targeted was the national rifle association. federal investigators say she conspired with her ex-boss, alexander torshin. he has close ties to the kremlin, president putin, and is an executive with russia's central bank. her attorney says she's not a russian agent, she's a student at an american university. >>> back at home, a mountain lion was prouwling a neighborhood. hundreds of homeowners were told to bring their pets and kids inside their apartments. fish and wildlife officers spent hours cornering the animal in a backyard. marianne favro is in san mateo with the details of this lengthy stand-off. >> reporter: well, that big mountain lion was just tranquilized within the last couple of hours. fish and wildlife says it weighed about 80 pounds and it was first spotted here in this very populated neighborhood around 9:30 this morning. this is a mountain lion that put a san mateo neighborhood on edge. you can see it here crouched behind a plant. it was first spotted roaming from yard to yard this morning. san mateo police say s

government and is alleged to have infiltrated the national rifle association the gun lobby group you're going to is a show of american states has condemned recent violence in nicaragua accusing the police and the pro-government militias of human rights abuses in the past week security forces of stormed major strongholds of anti-government protests is including in the city of messiah at least two hundred seventy people have been killed since protests against president danny aiello take it broke out in april the oas is urging ortega to set a date for early elections which is one of the protesters main demands members of the thai football team trapped in the cave for more than two weeks of attended a buddhist ceremony to rid themselves of misfortune. the. ceremony is believed to extend their lives their lives and protect them from danger the boys and their coach who were released from hospital on wednesday a week after that dramatic rescue later they spoke publicly for the first time at a news conference broadcast live across the world they described the moment they were found as magical s

republicans who are members of the national rifle association people who do need to conservative causes after he selected the groups he wanted to target he clicked on the boost post button you know i just want to get caught i want somebody at facebook to shut this down and say like you know this is a violation of some terms but keep in mind facebook is an advertising business and the ad was approved within minutes so what happened did you immediately start getting people posting to it or reacting to it the reaction was bonkers like people were clicking on it and commenting on it and sharing on it and liking it like crazy within an hour about five thousand people sought. for for fifty bucks that doesn't happen that often you know i have companies that are spending orders of magnitude more than than than fifty bucks. and they can drive this type of thing gauger and what did you take away from doing this experiment my takeaway is this is appalling that fake news threatens undermine our system of government so it's very concerning that you know people can still do this year later after afte

republicans who are members of the national rifle association people who do need to conservative causes after he selected the groups he wanted to target he clicked on the boost post button you know i just want to get caught i want somebody at facebook to shut this down and say like you know this is a violation of some terms but keep in mind facebook is a advertising business and the ad was approved within minutes so what happened did you immediately start getting people posting to it or reacting to it the reaction was bonkers like people were clicking on it and commenting on it and sharing on it and liking it like crazy within an hour about five thousand people sought. for for fifty bucks that doesn't happen that often you know i have companies that are spending orders of magnitude more than fifty bucks and they can drive this type of thing gauger and what did you take away from doing this experiment my takeaway is this is appalling that fake news threatens undermine our system of government so it's very concerning that you know people can still do this year later after that after the e

republicans who are members of the national rifle association people who do need to conservative causes after he selected the groups he wanted to target he clicked on the boost post button you know i just want to get caught i want somebody at facebook to shut this down and say like you know this is a violation of some terms but keep in mind facebook is an advertising business and the ad was approved within minutes so what happened did you immediately start getting people posting to it or reacting to it the reaction was bonkers like people were clicking on it and commenting on it and sharing on it and liking it like crazy within an hour about five thousand people sought. for for fifty bucks that doesn't happen that often you know i have companies that are spending orders of magnitude more than than than fifty bucks and they can drive this type of thing gauger and what did you take away from doing this experiment my takeaway is this is appalling that fake news threatens to undermine our system of government so it's very concerning that you know people can still do this year later after af

republicans who are members of the national rifle association people who do need to conservative causes after he selected the groups he wanted to target he clicked on the boost post button you know i just want to get caught i want somebody at facebook to shut this down and say like you know this is a violation of some terms but keep in mind facebook is a advertising business and the ad was approved within minutes so what happened did you immediately start getting people posting to it or reacting to it the reaction was bonkers like people were clicking on it and commenting on it and sharing on it and liking it like crazy within an hour about five thousand people sought. for for fifty bucks that doesn't happen that often you know i have companies that are spending orders of magnitude more than than than fifty bucks and they can drive this type of thing gauger and what did you take away from doing this experiment my takeaway is this is a polly that fake news threatens undermine our system of government so it's very concerning that you know people can still do this year later after after th

affidavit buttin out was attempting to establish a back channel of communication between the national rifle association the republican party with the russian government she's accused of frequently communicating with the russian government and with a central bank in russia she's apparently quite an enthusiasm for guns and firearms quite a few photographs across social media of her with guns and firearms and she's accused essentially of trying to trying to lobby and engage in activities you know trying to influence u.s. politics now interestingly we've seen a lot of u.s. media outlets accuse her of spying and we actually heard congressman chris murphy say this in relation to her arrest. an operative was rolled up in what appears to be a coordinated attack against the united states elections by the n.r.a. and the russian government. now it's important to point out that the charges against buttin are related to lobbying and failing to register as a foreign agent as she carried out lobbying allegedly on behalf of the russian government at no point is anyone accusing her of espionage now what's also interest

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government and infiltrating the national rifle association. now they'll be in ethiopia ambassador in eritrea for the first time in two decades the apartment of red one hussein comes just days after the every train embassy was reopened and. leaders of the two countries have been involved in a whirlwind peace process after agreeing to end their bitter conflict and restore relations. chinese president xi jinping is flying to africa for the books economic summit to make stops in senegal and rwanda before heading to south africa where china is investing heavily in the continent both financially and militarily adrian brown has more from beijing. well this will be president xi jinping third visit to africa in less than six years that is a measure of just how important africa is to china right now he's going to be away for ten days the highlight of his african tour is probably going to be an address he's due to make of the brics forum in south africa brics of course comprises the world's five leading developing economies that's brazil russia india chi

mueller may be using some power he has obtained to look into records of the nation rifle association, what is that about? >> any story, however false, this all this nra connection thing smacks of fusion gps disinformation, they will pursue leads, get tax records, which they are able to do without asking nra permission, that is why, in high view this special counsel needs to be shut down, no one signed on for this when mueller was hired, everyone thought he was invest geafting g russia collusion, that did not pan out, now he is investigating anything else that have to do with politics in 2016, other than democrats. david: that includes tax record of nra, that is extraordinary. tom fitton, i say it every time, thank goodness for judicial watch there have you oversight of what the government is doing, we appreciate your work. >> thank you. david: just a quick reminder follow lou on twitter, @loudobbs, you can like him on facebook and follow him on instagram. >> despite dizzy dems call for disbandment of i.c.e., president trump continues tough talk. >> we have bad border laws, the weakest

forging back channel deals on behalf of her ex boss a reputed money launderer and a life long national rifle association member to be fair no convictions yet jonathan then steve where there's smoke there's fire i.e. i think i guess it's important to point out that are turning says that she's she's innocent of all of that i just think it's incredible that she works so close and was able to become so buddy buddy with guess what party the republican party because they embrace people like that the n.r.a. is silently usually it takes on a mass shooting to get them to be this quiet they're silent and she was able to get close enough to try to question him about how he would interact with russia but the right is silent the n.r.a. is silent i am fast as she is a character right out of the americans on f.x. and steve ever since the citizens united it's not hard to imagine that a lot of money is flowing through the n.r.a. isn't if you're implying that the n.r.a. did something illegal bring it on if they did then get them but stop with the all of it not you but everybody with the implications so she was a member o

. >>> mariia butina, self-described russian gun rights activists with links to the national rifle associationarged with acting as a russian agent in an effort to infiltrate an american political organization or organizations. her ties to the nra are being given closer scrutiny with some asking why was the nra singled out to influence the republican party? joining me is the president of the brennan center for justice and the author of the second amendment, michael waldman. michael, thank you for being with us. i know it sounds like a simple question but it's worth exploring. if you want to get close to republican leadership, why would one target the nra? >> well, this should show at the very least the russians have been paying attention to what goes on in american politics. the nra has been around for a long time but it's moved from are being involved with both parties to tied to the republican part yey and as part conservative political movements. it's a very vital place to get voters who are active and passionate republican voters and it is something that is bringing this issue not only to d

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