https://dakotafreepress.com/2017/03/27/maria-butina-connects-russians-nra-trump-sibby-and-mathew-wollmann/

Maria Butina Connects Russians, NRA, Trump, Sibby, and Mathew Wollmann

Posted 2017-03-27 04:45 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/trump-putin-and-erickson-russia-probe-just-another-chapter-in/article_e9ed9038-3411-5112-86fa-f64bb0fa6549.html Feb 11, 2018

Lee Schoenbeck, a Republican former legislator from Watertown, is one of the people who has heard about that side of Erickson.

“He is the single biggest phony I’ve ever met in South Dakota politics,” Schoenbeck said.

Because of those dual aspects of Erickson’s persona, it’s difficult to guess whether his role in the Trump-Russia saga is fact, farce or a mix of both.