The following article by Stephanie Akin was posted on the Roll Call website August 20, 2018:
National security adviser appeared with Butina at gun rights roundtable when he worked for NRA
Top Democrats on the House Oversight Committee want to know if National Security Adviser John Bolton told the White House about his reported contact with alleged Russian spy Maria Butina before he was appointed by President Trump.
Bolton appeared with Butina in a video roundtable discussion about gun rights, reportedly sponsored by the Russian organization Right to Bear Arms, in his previous position as a top National Rifle Association official, Democrats Elijah Cummings and Stephen Lynch wrote in a letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly delivered Monday.
Butina was charged in July by federal prosecutors with infiltrating the National Rifle Association and spying on the United States.