(03-27-2019, 12:09 PM)jj82284 Wrote: Again just ignorance.  In the case of a hotel room or a round of golf that's something that has an intrinsic financial value and thus an exchange or transaction doesn't fit as an emolument specifically for the occupation of the Oval office.  

On the other hand, Clinton's foundation and the speaking fees to bill were documented as contributing factors to decisions made at state.  (Donors were highlighted with FOB 'friends of Bill's).  

As for Deutsche, lol.  Yeh, our global depresdion of oil prices through increased domestic production is exactly what Putin wanted for Christmas.  Lol.

You don't think a Clinton giving a speech has any intrinsic financial value? Some people like to hear those two talk.  
Also, while Putin probably has a couple of fat accounts at Deutsche Bank, most of the money in question is controlled by his cronies.  Oil prices are more critical to the Russian government than they are to the various wealthy friends of Putin.  Hopefully it doesn't surprise you that the interests of a nation may diverge from the interests of a few extremely wealthy people in that nation, even though from our government's perspective, both are foreign influence that shouldn't be there.

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