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Re:Michael Flynn pleads guilty of lying to FBI, will testify... by dboreham on Friday December 01, 2017 @12:18PM (#15825336)
Having conversations with the Russians before taking office is illegal, isn't it?
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Re:Michael Flynn pleads guilty of lying to FBI, will testify... by adventured on Friday December 01, 2017 @12:25PM (#15825429)
No, the Clinton camp also talked to the Russians in the lead-up to election day.

Is it illegal to talk to the British or Israelis or Japanese before election day? I mean, comeon. It is not illegal to "talk to the Russians." Russians are not some special illegal class of humans.

What matters is what actions were directed or not, etc. For example, did Trump knowingly instruct Flynn to break the law, can that be proven, did Trump have knowledge of something illegal going on (even if he didn't direct it), what was it, and so on and so forth.

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Re:Michael Flynn pleads guilty of lying to FBI, will testify... by dboreham on Friday December 01, 2017 @06:01PM (#15828543)
So...

Are you saying this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act doesn't apply?

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