Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
In the emails, Rob Goldstone, claimed the information was part of "Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump."

Shockingly on the nose.
Well, to have a collusion with Russia, you actually have to collude with Russia. Russian crown prosecutor doesn't really cover that :D.

I'm not certain any laws were broken here. Kind of like talking about snatching someone's purse and not doing it. This is something you pay political consequences for, not legal.



Didn't we have threads here on the differences between common and Continental law?

The definition is supposed to be broad. On the other hand, the existence of foreign people outside the US could in itself somehow be of benefit to a campaign. That doesn't make it prosecutable the way a discrete transfer of items would be. As I said, the difference between off-the-cuff moneymaking advice and actually transferring currency.
I'll take your word for it, as my understanding of common law is much worse than my knowledge of continental law, which is pretty limited
itself.

It's just that it doesn't make sense logically. Anything can be "of value", it's such a subjective criterion. Let's say Trump got some information from a foreign national - how do you decide if it was of value, meaning how do you decide if it had influence in Trump winning the election?