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A former Federal Prosecutor summed it up really well a while ago. The rules read "money or other things of value that can influence a campaign". Information to damage your opponent, and aid you, is a thing of value.
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The bolded will be essentially impossible to establish in court given the lack of legislation and the 2010 ruling that
limited the rule to bribes and kickbacks.
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And Junior already acknowledged the emails are legit. His defense is that "nothing really came of the meeting, is was basically gibberish".
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Ja, I absolutely do not consider DTJ to be reliable, sorry we can't agree on that.
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The Prosecutor used the analogy that "just because you break into a bank and find out there's no money, doesn't absolve you of a crime".
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Analogies are nice but are far from legislation that courts rely on to make their decisions. I don't see a case here.