Trump Thread

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I dont know whether you will get this if I edit it in, at the rate of reply I would say not, so I am risking a double post.

"Any" means any. This is straightforward. The language "any" is used to cover as many cases as possible.

If they (who framed the law) meant property or money solely, they would say "property or money solely".

"Plain meaning" is a fundamental standard for interpreting law. Not what you want the law to do, but what the text of the law actually says.

While you bring up the plain meaning rule, or the literal rule as it is know in Britain, I note that there is another rule that can be applied here: the mischeif rule.

This rule when applied expects the court to take in consideration what act the law intended to prevent when interpreting. Based on the title and content of the Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals the intent is rather clear: prevent foriegn nationals from giving US politicians and lawmakers items of value, be they currency or property, in an attempt to prevent corruption. Not prevent foreign nationals from giving US law makers information.

The letter of the law strongly supports this and the spirit of the law is outright states it: this cannot be applied to information such as Trump Jr was offered.