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That's one stupid link.
Sources people, sources.
Ishmael
What makes it stupid, Ish?
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That's one stupid link.
Sources people, sources.
Ishmael
What makes it stupid, Ish?
Today, Trump Jr. released his emails on Twitter. One states, “the crown prosecutor of Russia” had offered “to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father.” Rod Goldstone, a publicist, stated, “This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.”
That would clearly constitute at least initial communications and possible coordination between the Russians and the Trump campaign. However, the article raises more questions than answers. If the Russians were making such a play to influence the election in favor of Trump, this is a curious way of going about it. The most obvious question is why the Russians would call such a meeting but not actually produce any evidence or even substantive allegations.
For Vermont Law professor Jennifer Taub, the inkblot looks like a conspiracy to defraud the United States. She believes that prosecutors could charge the participants with seeking to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. 371 by going to a meeting to hear evidence that another party may have committed a crime … against the United States. No such evidence was offered, and no further actions are known to have occurred. There has never been a case under 18 U.S.C. 371 that even remotely resembles such a distortive claim.
One image that a lot of experts see in these stories is a possible violation of the federal law banning foreign contributions to federal campaigns — ironically the very claim that the meeting was called to discuss with regard to Hillary Clinton. The relevant law is 36 U.S.C. 510, which bars direct or indirect contributions or other things of value from a foreign national. MSNBC justice and security analyst Matthew Miller said Trump Jr. could now go to jail because “it doesn’t have to be money … it can be, potentially, accepting information. So he’s potentially confessing in his statement to committing a crime.”
Of course, the crux is “other thing of value.” Under this approach, a court would have to include information as a thing of value like money and then declare that Trump Jr. solicited the information by agreeing to go to the meeting. If that were the case, the wide array of meetings by politicians and their aides with foreign nationals would suddenly become possible criminal violations.
That's one stupid link.
Sources people, sources.
Ishmael
"... other things of value?" How does one value "dirt" on an opponents political campaign?
Are the DNC offices awash in semen, shit, or both?
Ishmael
LOL.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: I told Donald Trump Jr. to release emails
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday claimed that Donald Trump Jr. releasing his own emails was the result of a conversation they had.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news.../11/julian-assange-i-told-trump-jr/469536001/
That's one stupid link.
Sources people, sources.
Ishmael
What makes it stupid, Ish?
This may be the single dumbest post I've ever read here.
Ish????
Oh well, I'll just leave this here instead of making another post just for it ...
A foreign national shall not, directly or indirectly, make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value, or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or a donation, in connection with any Federal, State, or local election.
and this ...
No person shall knowingly solicit, accept, or receive from a foreign national any contribution or donation prohibited by paragraphs (b) through (d) of this section.
As your cognitive decline continues, you begin to rival Vetteman with your fascination with bodily fluids.
Junior, Manafort and Kushner are in serious trouble.
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Imagine Watergate. But one of Nixon's kids kept uploading all the tapes to Soundcloud
Very serious trouble. Junior is dumber than Vetteman to have released those emails. It's a freaking self-admission. All three face indictment before Daddy pardons them.