From the indictment (https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download …)pic.twitter.com/S5UAEkP7sF
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Yet only some of these ads would count as "express advocacy" under FECA (I explore whether the law covers other foreign spending (such as "Hillary is a Satan", listed below) in this paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3017598 …)pic.twitter.com/36i1JQHpGq
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In other words, some of this alleged Russian election activity, thanks to the way federal campaign finance law is written and thanks to how Supreme Court has interpreted first amendment, may not be illegal under current law. That's even if the intention was to influence election
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And yet "free speech" community has been arguing against passage of "Honest Ads Act" & other measures which would make this conduct illegal by 2018 elections. They say it will squelch too much of Americans' speech (and some say nothing objectionable about foreign interference)
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So it seems like these Russian conspirators have a lot in common with editors of news sites:pic.twitter.com/crm8DlyCAG
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It reminds me of the manafort indictment, which talked a lot about tax evasion and then didn't charge him for it in the end.
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But thats not what's charged is it? The just cite to us code on fraud and identity theft.
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