This is a very good statement from @jamil_n_jaffer—and rightly focused on the novelty of Mueller’s legal theory, a matter that has not yet gotten much attention and should.https://twitter.com/masonnatsec/status/964587708818640897 …
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@jamil_n_jaffer. I am no expert on campaign finance law. But the legal theory here seems to be both novel, and if it catches on, enormously powerful. Among other things, it would criminalize “collusion”—which we’ve all been assuming is not a crime in and of itself.
I get what he's arguing (and why it'd be powerful). I'm saying he's not seeing how that has already figured into the larger prosecution. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/02/17/the-conspiracy-to-defraud-the-united-states-backbone-of-the-internet-research-agency-and-manafort-indictments/ …
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Would you guys please stop having a well-informed, provocative, and civil discussion here? You’re messing everything up.
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Taking a stab at shorter version: Instead of indictments for accepting illegal aid from Russians, indictments for knowingly conspiring to aid Russians in their illegal activity.
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