Transcript of GOP meeting

McCarthy: There's ... there's two people, I think, Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump [laughter] ... swear to God.

Ryan: This is an off the records ... [laughter] .. NO LEAKS... [laughter] ... alright?

[Laughter]

Ryan: This is how we know we're a real family here.

Scalise: That's how you know that we're tight

[Laughter]

Ryan: What's said in the family stays in the family

Putin's congressman and the Russian bombshell 

According to the Department of Justice’s application for a criminal complaint, Butina worked to “arrange introductions to U.S. persons having influence in American politics, including an organization promoting gun rights” and sought to “infiltrate those groups.” The Justice Department claims Butina has been in contact with Russian intelligence since her arrival in the U.S. and that she conspired with a Russian politician and banker to push Moscow’s agenda into the American political system. While the Russian official isn’t named in the affidavit, it is said to fit the description of the deputy governor of Russia’s central bank, Alexander Torshin.

The federal indictment also notes that Butina and the official believed to be Torshin had plans to “meet with a U.S. Congressman during a Congressional Delegation trip to Moscow in August 2015." That congressman is widely believed to be Rohrabacher.