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Jeffries replied: “The analogy is not applicable to the present situation because, first, to the extent that opposition research was obtained, it was opposition research that was purchased.”
He also referred to allegations about the dossier as a “conspiracy theory.”
A recent Department of Justice Inspector General report noted the FBI had found that the “Steele dossier” was false — but kept referring to it as legitimate in applications for renewals of surveillance warrants.
He (White House lawyer Jay Sekulow) also said that the story of the “dossier” was not a conspiracy theory, but a true one — and that the dossier led to improper surveillance of the Trump campaign.
originally posted by: Metallicus
I can’t wait to see the backlash at the ballot box in November. It is going to hit these morons like a ton of bricks and they are too stupid to see it coming.
originally posted by: Stupidsecrets
Should have never spied on him. I know Obama regrets it but he has to live with it. He should have known. Don't ever mess with someone with a lot of money and supporters who clearly says and demonstrates he strikes back even harder. Go ahead and punch him in the face. He will roar back with a couple rolls of quarters in a sock and swing it fifty times.
Obama screwed up.
originally posted by: Metallicus
I can’t wait to see the backlash at the ballot box in November. It is going to hit these morons like a ton of bricks and they are too stupid to see it coming.
originally posted by: xuenchen
What a desperate statement by Hakeem Jeffries 😆
I wonder how many people will believe that ? 😆
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: xuenchen
What a desperate statement by Hakeem Jeffries 😆
I wonder how many people will believe that ? 😆
Only the ones who know the law.
Citizens of the US have a right to free speech during elections just as at other times. And that right even extends to making false statements. That’s why all the idiots who were promoting pizzagate weren’t breaking the law, with the exception of the guy who went there and shot the place up. He was not prosecuted for believing and propagating bull puckey (which he obviously was) but for firearms violations.
Similarly, the Steele investigation did not break any law, if it had, its a pretty good bet that Jeff Sessions would have prosecuted it. There is an entire industry based on opposition research; as long as you are a US citizen and are paying for the research, you are exercising your First Ammendment rights. There is no law against hiring a foreign national to help you. If you think there was a law broken there, please feel free to cite it.
On the other hand, there is a very specific law that prohibits foreign nationals from making contributions or donations to a federal campaign. It is 52 USC 30121. It says, in part:
It shall be unlawful for:
(2) a person to solicit, accept, or receive a contribution or donation described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) from a foreign national.
This law was written because of Bill Clinton. In his 1996 campaign, he had an arrangement with the Chinese embassy that amounted to the Chinese making donations to help get him elected. In the subsequent investigation, no one could find a specific law that was broken, so they passed 52 USC 30121 to try to make sure that wouldn’t happen again.
If Trump had simply hired Giuliani with his own money to tramp around Ukraine and pay Ukrainians to either give him or make up dirt on Biden, there would not have been any law broken. But that’s not what happened. Trump solicited a foreign head of state to undertake an official act for his benefit.
Apparently, neither you nor Trump either know about or care about this law.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Lumenari
Most Dems are from big cities. Big cities are full of pollutants that make people vote for stupid leaders.