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Is OPPO research considered a thing of value?

It's actually a question for a judge/jury. I think a case (I mean...of course they'd all get pardons before anything got that far) could be made that it is. Also that he enthusiastically asked for the information (solicited).

(In response to this post by Hoodafan)

Posted: 07/11/2017 at 1:03PM

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Potus is unusually quiet. Very little support -- Shenhoo 07/11/2017 11:47AM

You got him now. Indictments coming anytime. ** -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 12:03PM

Yawn. Just got him to shut his pie for once. -- Shenhoo 07/11/2017 12:05PM

So the next Trump tweet I'll come back and show -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 12:09PM

Was my for once a concept too hard? ** -- Shenhoo 07/11/2017 1:15PM

Yeah, it is. Cause you didn't do shit. ** -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 1:21PM

You? Not good at reading either? -- Shenhoo 07/11/2017 2:02PM

How so? Explain. -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 2:27PM

Everyone here knows siith doesn't comprehend written English. ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2017 2:06PM

Must be dark way up Trumps fat arse. -- Shenhoo 07/11/2017 2:42PM

Yes I do. -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 2:22PM

Irrefutable proof you don't comprehend written English** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2017 2:24PM

Irrefutable proof that you are lying weasel. ** -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 2:28PM

That's really clever. Now, go back & work on you remedial reading. ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2017 2:40PM

Why? -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 2:43PM

Because nuances and subtleties of the English language elude you completely ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2017 2:45PM

Really? -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 2:47PM

Uh huh. ** -- WaxHoo 07/11/2017 2:48PM

Who is "you"? You don't think Shen meant he personally -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 12:26PM

Tweedle Dum Junior is deep do do. Ten times Tweedle Dum Sr -- Lazarus 07/11/2017 11:53AM

Let's find 10 times you guaranteed Hillary would win ** -- dajoka004 07/11/2017 12:13PM

Yes because those are the same things.....smh ** -- 111Balz 07/11/2017 12:17PM

That meeting proves Collusion? ** -- hoothat 07/11/2017 11:55AM

If he believed that the info was coming through the russian government -- KCHoo 07/11/2017 12:16PM

Wasn't the famous "dossier" from Britain? ** -- Sabremetrician 07/11/2017 1:11PM

Not the british government, and it was turned over to the FBI -- KCHoo 07/11/2017 1:26PM

I have a question ... -- VaTechie 07/11/2017 1:47PM

Political. Going to have to more than just a technical crime -- KCHoo 07/11/2017 1:49PM

Thanks, that makes your point clear ** -- VaTechie 07/11/2017 1:57PM

I'd say they are gaining traction -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 1:31PM

They paid for it, not the same thing. ** -- hoothat 07/11/2017 1:18PM

Wait, huh? -- hoothat 07/11/2017 12:21PM

What are the elements of the crime(s) that would be involved if there were -- CyberHoo78 07/11/2017 12:36PM

What crime? -- hoothat 07/11/2017 12:49PM

I didn't say I did. I don't think you can say it's not, unless -- CyberHoo78 07/11/2017 12:51PM

Are you serious? -- hoothat 07/11/2017 12:55PM

I guess the answer is "no"? Just going on "gut" feel, then? ** -- CyberHoo78 07/11/2017 12:56PM

Yep. There are people who work in the field -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 1:07PM

There are? -- hoothat 07/11/2017 1:38PM

So now the metric is "prove it isn't collusion?" -- hoothat 07/11/2017 1:04PM

Nevermind, Matt helped me out below. Thanks, anyway. -- CyberHoo78 07/11/2017 1:08PM

Aww, how cute -- hoothat 07/11/2017 1:20PM

Very possibly it was ** -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 12:51PM

No, it's not. But we can pretend it is. ** -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 12:22PM

I think it shows that Don Jr is pretty slimey -- HoosGuy 07/11/2017 12:11PM

So, if someone came up to HRC -- hoothat 07/11/2017 12:20PM

On the most basic level, you can't take a campaign contribution -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 12:44PM

Would that apply to Ukraine as well? ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2017 12:57PM

So you believe that applies to spoken word -- hoothat 07/11/2017 12:51PM

Read the way the meeting was pitched -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 12:57PM

Huh? -- hoothat 07/11/2017 1:26PM

Appears to be a wide berth between what you don't think is bad -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 1:34PM

I guess charges are sure to follow ** -- hoothat 07/11/2017 1:40PM

I would think that they would try to forward this info to the FBI -- HoosGuy 07/11/2017 12:37PM

They agreed to meet with someone that had oppo research on their -- Hoodafan 07/11/2017 12:11PM

In other words they solicited a campaign contribution -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 12:48PM

Solicited? A contribution? Or were offered oppo research which turned out -- Hoodafan 07/11/2017 12:56PM

I'll let the lawyers decide -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 12:58PM

Or perhaps you hope it is? Because the Don Jr. "gotcha" has gotten very -- Hoodafan 07/11/2017 1:01PM

Is OPPO research considered a thing of value? -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 1:03PM

Did they? Seems they came to Trump -- hoothat 07/11/2017 12:52PM

But it's not just an unsavory character, it is a hostile foreign government -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2017 12:22PM

I may have missed it, but aren't the infrastructure target stories false? -- HoosGuy 07/11/2017 12:50PM

Yes. -- hoothat 07/11/2017 10:57PM

Why would you not go? -- hoothat 07/11/2017 12:28PM

Because it's illegal to even go to that meeting ** -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2017 12:37PM

Unethical to go and illegal with the expectation of receiving.............. -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2017 1:05PM

What are the elements of the law? ** -- CyberHoo78 07/11/2017 12:58PM

Re: What are the elements of the law? -- WahooMatt05 07/11/2017 1:06PM

Where does it say -- hoothat 07/11/2017 1:34PM

Thanks, Matt. Very interesting; so this will turn on whether Trump Jr.'s -- CyberHoo78 07/11/2017 1:10PM

I don't think anything hinges on this -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 1:38PM

My sense is that this is the end of the beginning and not the beginning.... -- Chuck Taylor 07/11/2017 1:51PM

Agreed. If they were so eager to get involved here -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 3:59PM

It is? For one private citizen to meet with another? Why? ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2017 12:52PM

No idea... ** -- hoothat 07/11/2017 11:00PM

Thank you Matt -- wahoo138 07/11/2017 12:50PM

Oh. You've reached a new low. Sad ** -- hooshouse 07/11/2017 12:15PM

Oh please. Like Team Clinton wouldn't take that meeting in a heartbeat. Or -- Hoodafan 07/11/2017 12:30PM

Awww. You're upset. Your hypotheticals don't really matter. The only -- hooshouse 07/11/2017 12:33PM

Not upset at all. Just laughing at your hypocrisy. Or dishonesty. ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2017 12:51PM

Remember those good times: -- hooshouse 07/11/2017 1:08PM

LOL! Yes, that's collusion. You really got them now House! ** -- Hoodafan 07/11/2017 1:12PM

Lol. How's your conspiracy theory going? ** -- hoothat 04/23/2019 5:29PM

I agree with hooshouse. -- hoothat 07/11/2017 12:24PM

No it doesn't. But we can always play pretend. ** -- Hokieesith 07/11/2017 12:02PM

"White House defends Trump Jr." was above the fold in the WP this morning ** -- Faz d. Hoo 07/11/2017 11:53AM

I said Trump. His mo would be a Twitter meltdown. -- Shenhoo 07/11/2017 11:55AM

Oddly quiet, IMO. ** -- CyberHoo78 07/11/2017 11:49AM