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Old 07-16-2017, 12:02 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
He is allowed to speak to whomever he pleases, however, it is illegal for foreign nationals to give anything of value to a campaign. That could be money or it could be information. If Trump knew she was a foreign national (which he did because it said she was Russian in the email) and he went there to get information from her (which he did because the email said she had dirt on Clinton) then one could assume that this information was of value to him and therefore he likely broke the law.

Of course, we don't know if he actually got anything from her. He says she didn't have anything of value, but so far he has lied multiple times about this whole thing so I don't think we can just take his word for it.

Even if she didn't give him anything of value, there is a good chance he is still guilty of conspiracy. If anything will eventually come of this (in the form of actual legal trouble for Don Jr.) remains to be seen.
So far he got nothing from the conversation. Why he covered it up is the mystery.
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