Good article, but 2 problems w/ @pbump's analysis:
1) How does USG prove Trump campaign would not have paid for the dirt if RU #lawyer had delivered some.
2) How is it illegal for a Russian to give free info to Trump campaign in NY but legal to give free info to Steele in Moscow?https://twitter.com/pbump/status/1026540872257527809 …
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Hillary paid Steele. But Hillary did not pay whoever Steele's analog was to Trump's Natalia Veselnitskaya. Say FSB has a rpt, "Dirt on Trump". 1) HRC camp accepts free copy from a RU "agent". Illegal b/c CF law. 2) Steele gets free copy via a contact, sends to HRC camp. Legal?
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Hillary's campaign paid a law firm, that paid another firm, that paid an independent contractor to investigate Trump's financial dealings with Russia. Jr solicited help from representatives of a foreign govt for illegally obtained materials belonging to HRC'S campaign.
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Exactly — it’s legal under campaign finance laws for a campaign to pay for dirt from foreign sources. If you pay for it, you’re not being gifted a thing of value.
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But didn't Steele get his info from an analog to Trump's Natalia Veselnitskaya? If that person wasn't paid, how is it different?
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Trump's sub-sources were paid.
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Do you mean Steele’s not Trump’s?
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Yes. I did. Thanks.
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Tbc, I get that Steele sub-contracted other people to gather info. But if any of the sub-sub-sub-sub sources were foreign nationals, provided a "thing of value", but weren't paid, I still see a paradox(?) here if the simple fact that all the ppl upstream were paid makes this OK.
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That doesn't make sense. What matters is that Hillary didn't get it for free.
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No. What matters is that any1 who provides a "thing of value" is fully compensated. Or, it shd. Otherwise, a foreign power/person need only slip a valuable dirt report to an outside contractor doing oppo research & as long as that contractor is paid per contract… It's all good?!
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