It is a crime to receive “something of value” from a foreign person or government
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Huh? Say what, there, Judge?
Don Jr. is a private citizen. The person he met with is a private citizen. So, if she whips out a stick of gum and says: “Hey, Don, want a stick of gum?” the Judge wants to see a SWAT team come in to arrest him because that’s somehow “illegal”?
Sorry. Makes no sense to me at all.
But, it's not a crime to exchange money for something of value from a foreign person or government. Follow me here:
So, if a Democrat operative, or John McCain (but I repeat myself), exchanges money for fake opposition research that originates in a foreign country and is designed to influence the presidential election, that's OK, because it was paid for?
That seems to be the logical conclusion with respect to Fusion, which acted as the go-between in the golden showers dossier transaction.
What's different with Don Jr., is that he was enticed and interested, but did NOT receive anything of value, and did not pay for such purported information.
So, he must be:
Guilty, guilty, guilty!
/S
I think Judge Napolitano knows the law better than you do. If you are going to question his facts, you might want to read the law yourself first:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30121
Don Jr. doesn’t have to be a government employee, or even an official member of a campaign, and the person offering the thing of value doesn’t have to be an official representative of a foreign government, in order for it to be illegal.