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Originally Posted by Guest
Any chance you have a link to anyone actually saying it was a crime ?
And as I said...sad day for America when we even need to discuss this subject. Not speaking of some activist, as both sides sadly have, but a reasonable person making that charge about it being a crime.
Frankly, I never even considered the discussion and as I said....we reach a low point as a country when the discussion of whether colluding, cooperating, whatever word you use, with a foreign country (albeit not an ally) to impact an American institution is a crime.
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From CNN: Washington (CNN) "The Justice Department on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the
federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election,
including potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign associates and Russian officials."
Special counsels are appointed to investigate crimes, not to investigate political activities that are not a crime. So, arguably, the Deputy Attorney General (an Obama appointee) who appointed Mueller was sending a message that collusion was a crime. (Attorney General Sessions had recused himself from the investigation.)
The letter of appointment specifically targets "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals
associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump." I'll say it again, as did Liberal Lawyer Dershowitz,
that is not a crime.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2017/im...al.counsel.pdf
I don't so much consider the Deputy Attorney General a "reasonable person" as I do a political activist.
Carl in Tampa