This week, the Democratic Party seems to have proven this by filing a civil RICO lawsuit against President Trump's campaign, various campaign staffers, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, the Russian Federation, and specific Russian officials and operatives.
The inclusion of Trump's campaign as a defendant appears to be a publicity stunt.
It is noteworthy that Trump himself is not a defendant in this case, and also that there is no allegation that campaign finance laws were broken because of a foreign in-kind contribution.
Take, for example, Trump's famous joke at the beginning of the Republican 2016 convention, in which he expressed his hope the Russians would find Hillary Clinton's "30,000 emails that are missing." This is actually cited in this lawsuit as evidence Trump's campaign was in the know or somehow involved in illegally causing harm to the DNC through the Russian releases of stolen Democratic emails.
Also offered as evidence are a couple of pages filled with Trump tweets and Trump speech excerpts that referenced the emails put out by WikiLeaks.
The lawsuit also points to the fact that WikiLeaks sent private direct messages over Twitter to Donald Trump Jr. so he and his dad could share links to its stolen documents.
How likely does it seem contacts would be established in such a sloppy, artless manner if Trump's campaign were simultaneously in constructive contact with Russian intelligence?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/democrats-lawsuit-is-a-risky-publicity-stunt
The inclusion of Trump's campaign as a defendant appears to be a publicity stunt.
It is noteworthy that Trump himself is not a defendant in this case, and also that there is no allegation that campaign finance laws were broken because of a foreign in-kind contribution.
Take, for example, Trump's famous joke at the beginning of the Republican 2016 convention, in which he expressed his hope the Russians would find Hillary Clinton's "30,000 emails that are missing." This is actually cited in this lawsuit as evidence Trump's campaign was in the know or somehow involved in illegally causing harm to the DNC through the Russian releases of stolen Democratic emails.
Also offered as evidence are a couple of pages filled with Trump tweets and Trump speech excerpts that referenced the emails put out by WikiLeaks.
The lawsuit also points to the fact that WikiLeaks sent private direct messages over Twitter to Donald Trump Jr. so he and his dad could share links to its stolen documents.
How likely does it seem contacts would be established in such a sloppy, artless manner if Trump's campaign were simultaneously in constructive contact with Russian intelligence?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/democrats-lawsuit-is-a-risky-publicity-stunt
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