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by Matt Naham | 1:54 pm, November 2nd, 2018
An extensive new report published by the Brookings Institutes Governance Studies program has analyzed potential crimes committed by the Trump Campaign. The crimes in question may not contain the word collusion in them, but they are, in effect, just that, according to the authors Barry H. Berke, Dani R. James, Noah Bookbinder, and Norman Eisen.
Berke is a fellow at the American College of Trial Lawyers; James is a partner at the law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; Bookbinder is executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW); Eisen is the chair of CREW, a senior fellow of Governance Studies at Brookings, and former Obama White House ethics lawyer.
The authors, responding to President Donald Trumps oft-used phrase collusion is not a crime, admit that its in one sense correct, but clarify that Collusion is not a single crime but a rubric that encompasses many possible offenses.
To that end, the report goes into an in-depth analysis of the following six crimes Special Counsel Robert Mueller may be looking at right now as part of his Russia investigation: Conspiracy to Commit Offense or to Defraud the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 18 U.S.C § 1030; Federal Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2511; Contributions and Donations by Foreign Nationals, 52 U.S.C. § 30121; Bribery of Public Officials and Witnesses, 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(2); Misprision of Felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4.
The analysis of these crimes was made in the context of news reporting on three specific events central to the Mueller investigation: Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether Trump campaign had any advance knowledge of it or coordinated with it in any way; the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer for dirt on then-candidate Hillary Clinton that involved Donald Trump Jr.; former Trump campaign chairman/convicted felon Paul Manafort and President Trumps son-in-law Jared Kushner; and contact between members of the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks ahead of the 2016 DNC hack (see: former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone)
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https://lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis/extensive-new-report-breaks-down-specifics-of-multiple-potential-trump-campaign-crimes/
jpak
(41,763 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,360 posts)Public officials are expected to report lawbreaking. Failure to do so is misprision. Trump, like other mobsters, refers to this as ratting out.
byronius
(7,418 posts)Why I'm here. Thanks.
kimmylavin
(2,284 posts)I love it.
It's like having 1,000 eyes.
griloco
(832 posts)Nt
lovemydogs
(575 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,088 posts)and including, preservation of evidence.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,629 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,629 posts)From the article:
The implication of the bribery statute hinges on whether there was a quid pro quo in return for a thing of value. The authors admit that there does not presently seem to be a sufficient factual basis to support a bribery charge. They wonder, however, if Trumps pro-Russia stances both as nominee and president could be construed as a quid pro quo for the thing of value (Russian interference, dirt, material support of Trump etc.).
How about the monetary value of the damned sanctions he was required by law to impose but refused to do so? That's quid pro quo.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/congress-trump-wont-implement-russia-sanctionsand-he-wont-tell-us-why
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Stallion
(6,476 posts)SergeStorms
(19,208 posts)It sure would be nice to have a group of Democrats infiltrate one of his ego rallies and shout - at a very crucial moment - LOCK HIM UP! That would make my heart soar like an eagle. Of course we'd need good health coverage provided by a real President, like Barack Obama, but the beating just might be worth it! Getting under the orange anus's skin is positively priceless.
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