Yenason, who graduated from Dallas High School in 1973, is a former president of the Harveys Lake Borough Council who now divides his time between Northeastern Pennsylvania and Alaska. He is co-founder and past president of “Hunts For Healing,” a Wyoming County-based group that organizes outdoor recreational activities for wounded military veterans. He also is a life member of the NRA. Interviewed Monday in his Wilkes-Barre office, Yenason denied any culpability in trying to broker a deal between Torshin, Butina and the Trump campaign. He said he never had any discussions with the Russians about anything to do with the 2016 election. It was, Yenason reiterated, his Christian and veterans advocacy work that prompted him to reach out in May 2016 to Torshin and Butina regarding possible talks with the Trump organization ahead of an NRA conference that candidate Trump was planning to attend that month. Yenason said that in 2016 he asked Butina to speak at a fundraising effort for the Hershel Woody Williams Medal of Honor Foundation, a nonprofit group is named after a World War II hero who earned a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The event was held in Louisville, Ky., on May 18, 2016, a day before the NRA’s annual meeting there, which Trump was slated to attend to receive the gun group’s formal endorsement. Yenason said he suggested the possibility of Butina meeting with Trump, but the Trump camp declined. https://www.timesleader.com/news/697062/wilkes-barre-businessman-yenason-mentioned-in-dems-russia-report-speaks-out
Yenason, who graduated from Dallas High School in 1973, is a former president of the Harveys Lake Borough Council who now divides his time between Northeastern Pennsylvania and Alaska.
He is co-founder and past president of “Hunts For Healing,” a Wyoming County-based group that organizes outdoor recreational activities for wounded military veterans. He also is a life member of the NRA.
Interviewed Monday in his Wilkes-Barre office, Yenason denied any culpability in trying to broker a deal between Torshin, Butina and the Trump campaign. He said he never had any discussions with the Russians about anything to do with the 2016 election.
It was, Yenason reiterated, his Christian and veterans advocacy work that prompted him to reach out in May 2016 to Torshin and Butina regarding possible talks with the Trump organization ahead of an NRA conference that candidate Trump was planning to attend that month.
Yenason said that in 2016 he asked Butina to speak at a fundraising effort for the Hershel Woody Williams Medal of Honor Foundation, a nonprofit group is named after a World War II hero who earned a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
The event was held in Louisville, Ky., on May 18, 2016, a day before the NRA’s annual meeting there, which Trump was slated to attend to receive the gun group’s formal endorsement. Yenason said he suggested the possibility of Butina meeting with Trump, but the Trump camp declined.
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