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[Faun]

About three weeks earlier, Mr. Papadopoulos had been told that Moscow had thousands of emails that would embarrass Mrs. Clinton, apparently stolen in an effort to try to damage her campaign.

Who told him that?

Not sure, but when hacked emails got leaked after Papadopoulos talked about that earlier, that led to the FBI launching an investigation. The dossier was NOT the catalyst for opening up an investigation.

 

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[skye]

 

[Faun]

Fusion GPS is a private U.S. firm. It was legal for them to conduct opposition research with a British national.

How is that not illegal foreign interference?

It's illegal for a candidate to solicit campaign contributions from a foreign national. Hillary didn't do that. She hired a U.S. firm, not Steele, to perform opposition research.

Yes. It was legal for Steele to obtain information from Russian spies.

Russian interference is legal if a British guy also interferes?

Cite a statute outlawing it...

 

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[WEATHER53]

The baby Fawn frowns while it’s feelings and fake fizzle

 

[Faun]

The baby Fawn frowns while it’s feelings and fake fizzle

Sad to see you're so delusional.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

It's illegal for a candidate to solicit campaign contributions from a foreign national. Hillary didn't do that. She hired a U.S. firm, not Steele, to perform opposition research.



Cite a statute outlawing it...

Oh. So foreign interference is legal....if you launder it.

Good to know.

 

[skye]

These people are the lowest of the low!

 

[Marener]

Oh. So foreign interference is legal....if you launder it.

Good to know.

Steele was contracted to do investigative work by a US law firm.

He wasn’t interfering in an election. He was doing his job as requested by Americans.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Steele was contracted to do investigative work by a US law firm.

He wasn’t interfering in an election. He was doing his job as requested by Americans.

Right. The British guy was interfering in a US election.

 

[Faun]

Oh. So foreign interference is legal....if you launder it.

Good to know.

Not if the candidate is aware of the foreign contribution.

 

[Marener]

Right. The British guy was interfering in a US election.

Fulfilling a contract isn’t interfering. It’s not a political contribution.

If Steele had been trying to do all of this on his own you might have a case.

Have you seen the law?

 

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[Toddsterpatriot]

Not if the candidate is aware of the foreign contribution.

If Hillary didn't know about it, foreign interference is ok?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Fulfilling a contract isn’t interfering. It’s not a political contribution.

If Steele had been trying to do all of this on his own you might have a case.

Have you seen the law?

Does the law say foreign interference is okay if there is a contract?

 

[Marener]

Does the law say foreign interference is okay if there is a contract?

Yes. It’s a fair exchange for money and services. It wouldn’t make any sense to outlaw any foreign national to provide any commercial service to a campaign.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Yes. It’s a fair exchange for money and services. It wouldn’t make any sense to outlaw any foreign national to provide any commercial service to a campaign.

How do you know it was a fair exchange?

 

[Marener]

How do you know it was a fair exchange?

Go ahead and show it wasn’t.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Go ahead and show it wasn’t.

Sounds like foreign collusion.