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What happened to the Trump/Russia talk?

  • Offline MalabarJag
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07-15-2017, 01:14 PM

(07-15-2017, 10:37 AM)rollerjag Wrote:
(07-14-2017, 05:36 PM)rollerjag Wrote: The facts is Donnie, Jr. thought he was getting dirt on Hillary Clinton from an official Russian government source and jumped at the chance.

This fact shows Donnie, Jr. is ethically bankrupt.

Nobody who knows anything about how the Trumps have behaved since their forefathers immigrated should be surprised. To them it's all about winning and losing, ethics be damned.

It is not illegal to meet with someone and hear what they have to say, not even if they are a foreign official. It is not even unethical.

Had Junior actually been given dirt on Hillary and then published it, that would be unethical, although still not illegal.

Quote:Using information provided by a foreign government to influence an election can indeed be illegal.

You have an interesting attitude about ethics.

Anyway, I think the meeting was designed to compromise Donnie, Jr. Its what the Russians do, and he was dumb enough to take the bait.

Sure. If Junior was given information on how to hack the election computers or commit some other crime and then did it, that would be illegal. 

But it's not illegal to reveal that (say) Hillary regularly gave golden showers to Vince Foster (assuming that was true). If the information was about Hillary committing treason or some other high crime then it would be a crime to help cover it up.

You can ascribe unethical motives to Junior, but nobody but Junior knows for sure. No crime was committed. Nothing unethical was actually done, so this boils down to what Junior was thinking. From his E-mail response it's logical to conclude that he thought he could get information on Hillary that would help his father win the election. That's a normal motive for every politician ever.



                                                                          

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RE: What happened to the Trump/Russia talk? - by MalabarJag - 07-15-2017, 01:14 PM



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