Its really just
as simple as this:
Turns out Philip Bump at the Washington Post decided to explain that very thing on Monday, and the simplest way to illustrate the difference is to ask, "Which way is the money going? Is it going to the campaign? Or is it going away from the campaign?"
Campaign expenditure vs campaign contribution.
"federal law doesn't just ban contributions of actual money dollars to campaigns from foreign governments, but also donations of goods, services, outside advocacy -- in short, anything of value given that can help a candidate"
Paying a foreign national fair market value for opposition research is generally not illegal.
if that foreign national is from a hostile adversarial nation it is.
Why does it matter? It’s foreign interference. Doesn’t that matter to you? Why would an ally interfere?
And how did they get golden shower info except from Russia. Huh? Russia isn’t supposed to be an ally. You ok?
Its not foreign influence,
read it again.
Fusion GPS paid Steele for services rendered, perfectly legal services.
Used in a campaign, yeah interference what else was it for but to influence the election. You need to remember who you’re talking with! I’m educated
The Steele dossier didnt influence the election, because nobody in the public knew it existed prior to election. Only the FBI and FISA court knew of it privately.
Motherjones published a story about the dossier on oct 31, 2016, but knowbody heard it, partly because motherjones isnt mainstream, and the Comey hillary-email announcement at the same time drowned it out. Buzzfeed didnt publish the dossier until Jan 2017.
The clinton campaign did not use the steele dossier during the campaign, it was just privately given to the FBI. So no public influence possible.