Comments by "Triple 9" (@Betta66) on "Mueller Ends Probe, No Further Indictments, Hands Materials to AG Barr, Leftist Damage Control" video.
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First of all, you're repeating the same mistake as everyone in 2016 who insisted Trump couldn't possibly win. We're over a year and a half away from the 2020 election and you're already so sure that the subject of 16 criminal investigations will win. He could, but if he doesn't, I guarantee you'll be making excuses for it so you don't have to admit you backed the wrong horse. Secondly, I'm not pretending Hillary has a spotless record, but no criminal charges were ever filed against her. I wouldn't argue if you had good, valid reasons for why there should have been charges filed. However, if you do that, it wouldn't change the fact that even before the Trump administration lost over 90% of lawsuits over illegal policy changes, Trump was variously sued for fraud, housing discrimination (by the Justice Department no less), and not paying workers. Finally, Hillary isn't the president. Trump is. I'm all for holding her accountable for wrongdoings, but we shouldn't just pick and choose who gets held responsible. Otherwise, what's the point of having a representative government?
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@BaltimoreAndOhioRR The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 bans foreign nationals "from making expenditures to expressly advocate the election or defeat of a political candidate." It's also stated in 52 U.S. Code § 30121 that it "shall be unlawful for a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value...in connection with a federal, state, or local election." If the Russians aimed to shape the outcome of the presidential election, that would meet the BCRA's definition of an expenditure.
And you don't get dirt on an opponent unless you think you can use it to help you win, which makes dirt on an opponent a "thing of value" according to the U.S. Code. Whether gathering dirt on an opponent is illegal or not just by itself, recruiting foreign entities to help gather dirt is illegal because it's conspiracy to break federal election law. So when Trump asked Russia to help find Hillary's emails, and when Manafort gave polling data to an individual with ties to Russian intelligence (which would've influenced how Russian nationals spent money on U.S. election efforts), that was indeed a criminal act. And by the way, this is stuff I found online in, like, ten minutes. Don't call me an idiot when I'm still putting in more effort than you.
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