Is asking for election assistance from a foreign entity legal? (Whitehouse, parties)
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Hopefully you weren't listening to that Trump buddy who is a lawyer (who pays himself millions out of his charity) and has a talk show.
Suckalow or something like that. But it's telling if even he, a compromised evangelical, would state the obvious.
The old Tip of the Iceberg theory is at play here also. It would seem to me that you - or more other folks - would see the ease with which Trump did stuff like this and know that - whatever is found - the reality is many times that.
When I got punished and told Dad "but I didn't do that thing" he said "well, then, this if for all the times you haven't been caught!".....
Of course, he was 100% correct. No criminal or lawbreaker gets caught the first and only time.
No, I would never listen to rubbish like that and I never heard of him anyway. This radio host is more or less local and it's just that he's on in prime time. I don't particularly like him because he is so conservative, used to holler about "Pocahontas" (Warren) --he's that sort of person.
I have become so immune to what Trump does that I don't wake up anymore and think, "What has he done this time!" --but this sneaky phone call trying to interfere with our elections even stood out from his usual antics. The man does not have a clue.
In the case of Trump's call to the Pres. of Ukraine, the "quid" is a crime, no need to prove the "quo"....
Federal law prohibits a foreign national from directly or indirectly making a “contribution or donation of money or other thing of value” in connection with a U.S. election, and prohibits a person from soliciting, accepting or receiving such a contribution or donation from a foreign national. Federal law defines “contribution” to include “any gift … of money or anything of value made by any person for the purpose of influencing any election for Federal office.”
Pretty straight forward. Whether or not Ukraine came through, whether or not the communications involved a quid pro quo, the solicitation of a thing of value from the Ukraine President in connection with a U.S. election could be a federal crime. And it should be investigated as such.
So assuming there is a reason to believe someone is involved in fraud in another country does the fact that the person is running for president make it illegal for the president to ask for it to be investigated by that country.
I would say that a foreign national looking for dirt on a US politician who is running for election would be participating in a decision-making process in an election. That is, somebody made a decision to dig up dirt on a political opponent (in this case, Trump on Biden), and he solicited participation by a foreign national to do that work for him. Which would be illegal.
(i)Participation by foreign nationals in decisions involving election-related activities. A foreign national shall not direct, dictate, control, or directly or indirectly participate in the decision-making process of any person, such as a corporation, labor organization, political committee, or political organization with regard to such person's Federal or non-Federal election-related activities, such as decisions concerning the making of contributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements in connection with elections for any Federal, State, or local office or decisions concerning the administration of a political committee.
I would say that a foreign national looking for dirt on a US politician who is running for election would be participating in a decision-making process in an election. That is, somebody made a decision to dig up dirt on a political opponent (in this case, Trump on Biden), and he solicited participation by a foreign national to do that work for him. Which would be illegal.
That says it applies to foreign nationals, not candidates.
That says it applies to foreign nationals, not candidates.
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The president of the Ukraine is a foreign national. That's who Trump was asking for a favor from.
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That's who Trump was asking for a favor from.
