Fox News host wrong that no law forbids Russia-Trump collusion
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Jarrett said that "you can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election," because there’s no law that says collusion is a crime.
Three prominent election law scholars said there are at least four laws that would prohibit the sort of activities under investigation, whether those laws mention collusion or not. Jarrett’s focus on a single word fails to reflect the reach of the criminal code.
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Fox News host wrong that no law bans Russia-Trump collusion
Please clearly cite the law or statute that covers the criminal act of 'collusion'.
You could always read the link, deplorable
"A foreign national spending money to influence a federal election can be a crime," Persily said. "And if a U.S. citizen coordinates, conspires or assists in that spending, then it could be a crime."
Persily pointed to a 2011 U.S. District Court ruling based on the 2002 law. The judges said that the law bans foreign nationals "from making expenditures to expressly advocate the election or defeat of a political candidate."
Another election law specialist, John Coates at Harvard University Law School, said if Russians aimed to shape the outcome of the presidential election, that would meet the definition of an expenditure.
"The related funds could also be viewed as an illegal contribution to any candidate who coordinates (colludes) with the foreign speaker," Coates said.
"Under that statute, it is a federal crime to conspire with anyone, including a foreign government, to ‘deprive another of the intangible right of honest services,’ " Coates said. "That would include fixing a fraudulent election, in my view, within the plain meaning of the statute."
"Collusion in a federal election with a foreign entity could potentially fall under other crimes, such as against public corruption," Douglas said. "There's also a general anti-coercion federal election law."
Coates said discussions between a campaign and a foreigner could violate the law against fraud.
I have my own list also
Among the crimes are bribery, subornation of perjury, criminal obstruction of justice, money laundering, tax evasion, witness tampering, violations of election laws including campaign finance laws, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, wire fraud. Other crimes that occurred in the Russia affair are violations of the foreign agent registration laws and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, perjury itself (including lying to federal investigators), plus espionage and even treason. Also emoluments violations.
Again, you have no evidence of crimes by Donald Trump.
"Persily pointed to a 2011 U.S. District Court ruling based on the 2002 law. The judges said that the law bans foreign nationals "from making expenditures to expressly advocate the election or defeat of a political candidate."
THE Russian who led the Russian Uranium One effort funneled / paid Hillary $100+ million dollars...
The Russians paid liberal groups to incite racial division and violence
The Russians spent money conning liberals, buying ads on liberal-owned social media, into organizing events and marching for them
The Russians provided a false report containing their propaganda AGAINST Trump through a foreign agent to Hillary, Comey, Obama, and the DNC
-- THEY PAID - gave money - for this report
- They then illegally used this report, PROVIDED BY THE RUSSIANS / A FOREIGN AGENT ... FOR CASH ... against Trump in an election.
The actual evidence shows anything but the illegal criminal fairy tale liberals continue to try to paint. Instead, it shows just the opposite.
HOWEVER, if you think for one second Putin / Russians preferred one andidate over the other then you prove yourself to be completely ignorant and partisanly blind.
Putin / Russians wanted nothing more to divide this nation, to splinter it.
Why do you think he / they paid groups to racially divide and incite violence? They too advantage of the rabidly partisan atmosphere, the raw emotions, and manipulated groups and Americans to the best they could.
They are STILL doing it....and many Americans are too partisanly blind to see it, too prideful to admit they were duped, or both.
Those continuing to carry out this witch hunt despite the complete lack of evidence iz doing Putin's bidding, continuing to carry out his destructive psyop.