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Originally Posted by RedFred
The funny thing is FOX NEWS is spewing the talking point that collusion is not a crime and now it's being repeated over and over. BULLSHIT.
Even though the statute may not use the word collusion it is certainly a crime:
52 U.S. Code § 30121 - Contributions and donations by foreign nationals
(a) Prohibition It shall be unlawful for?
(1) a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make?
(A) a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value, or to make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or donation, in connection with a Federal, State, or local election;
(B) a contribution or donation to a committee of a political party; or
(C) an expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication (within the meaning of section 30104(f)(3) of this title); or
(2) a person to solicit, accept, or receive a contribution or donation described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) from a foreign national.
(b) ?Foreign national? definedAs used in this section, the term ?foreign national? means?
(1) a foreign principal, as such term is defined by section 611(b) of title 22, except that the term ?foreign national? shall not include any individual who is a citizen of the United States; or
(2) an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 1101(a)(22) of title 8) and who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, as defined by section 1101(a)(20) of title 8.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30121 |
here is the watergate definition and remember that watergate had nothing to do with FOREIGN inteaction. trumpīs case is WORSE:
i hope google translated it correctly - if not you may blame google for it :-)
There is no binding definition as to which "abuses of government powers", which ultimately led President Richard Nixon as the head of the executive branch, fall under the heading "Watergate affair" next to the core complex of the failed Watergate infiltration of 17 June 1972 And which do not. However, the first delimitation was made in the areas discussed by Senator Sam Ervin from the Senate's Senate Senate (Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities) from May 1973 onwards. The results of these investigations were summarized in June 1974 in a 1250-page final report. According to the Ervin Committee, the following ten areas are part of the Watergate affair:
The abuse of government agencies by the White House or on its behalf
The actual Watergate slump
The cover-up of the backdrops of the Watergate Burglary
The electoral campaigns of the Committee for the Reelection of the President
The obstruction of justice in the Watergate investigations
The financial and electoral practices of Nixon's re-election committee
The "milk fund" of illegal parties, with whom a conglomerate of American milk producers sought to influence Washington's policy
An illegal party of $ 100,000, which Nixon's personal friend Charles "Bebe" Rebozo had received from the billionaire Howard Hughes
(For example, the "sale" of ambassadors in exchange for election campaign donations) and tax evasion by President Nixon
The "ITT affair", which was about the alleged advantage granted to the industry giant in connection with a cartel procedure in exchange for an indirect election campaign.
Beyond these complexes, journalists and historians have also identified numerous other events from Nixon's time as aspects of the Watergate affair. In some cases, these were merely disrepute, but some were subsequently classified as illegal by courts. These investigations were investigated by the investigators of the "Watergate Special Prosecution Force" (WSPF). The American public almost invariably learned of them in connection with the great wave of Watergate revelations from March 1973 onwards:
Which had already taken place shortly after Nixon's office, to hire a private private investigator through the White House; This should collect incriminating information about political opponents of the Republicans and then put them on the media; One example was research on Edward Kennedy after his car accident in Chappaquiddick;
The so-called "Kissinger-Bugs", an illegal abortion carried out by Nixon's security adviser Henry Kissinger from April 1969 against members of the National Security Council and against various prominent journalists; This happened to find out who was letting Kissinger's staff read information to the media;
The "Huston Plan" of 1970, which was ultimately not implemented, to network the activities of CIA, FBI and other espionage and law enforcement agencies under direct control of the White House; According to him, the executive should be given extensive powers in the fight against the leftist radical enemies and militant opponents of the Vietnam War;
Under the aegis of Nixon's adviser Charles Colson, created a "list of enemies" (Nixon's enemies list); It was constantly expanded and contained names of persons who were said to be hostile to the President, his government, or the Republican Party; These persons should, for example, have to rely more heavily on examinations by the Federal Tax Administration (IRS) or be excluded from the award of lucrative public contracts from the outset;
The partly illegal activities of the "White House" "plumber" unit, founded in the summer of 1971; On the one hand, it should plug "leaks" from the government apparatus to the media and, on the other hand, gather negative information about opponents of the White House and disseminate it to the public in a targeted (but hidden) manner; Two members of the "plumber" unit, Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, were also directly responsible for the planning, organization and implementation of the Watergate burglary.