Stocks drop after Donald Trump Jr. posts emails on twitter https://t.co/Xccv8FHMQU pic.twitter.com/WcmXSpc6Gy
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) July 11, 2017
The Dow gained it back, to close “flat”. But who else remembers the Doonesbury cartoon during the Watergate trial, where CEO Slackmeyer announces, “When the Dow drops below [x], it’s time to get the nooses”?
Dear Republicans:
If you rob a bank but get no money, you still get charged with armed robbery.
Collusion/treason work the same way.
— I'm So Over This (@Johngcole) July 11, 2017
Talked to an expert for more legal analysis on this. https://t.co/dYuZgg3NdW
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 11, 2017
… The Washington Post spoke with experts who believe that emails show Trump Jr. having probably “crossed the line on conspiracy to commit election fraud or conspiracy to obtain information from a foreign adversary.”
That last part alone is illegal, Noble explained.
“Anyone soliciting a foreign contribution is violating the law,” he said — and that includes opposition research, such as what was embraced by Trump Jr. One legal bar is whether someone provides “substantial assistance” to obtaining something of value from a foreign national. “Given the emails,” Noble said, “I think that’s substantial assistance.”…
“Had he been running the Trump businesses and not been involved in the campaign. Not been traveling on behalf of the campaign. Not been speaking out for his father,” Noble said, “they might have an argument” that Trump Jr. wasn’t acting on behalf of the campaign. Trump Jr. didn’t need an official campaign title to be part of the campaign — and, besides, Noble said, he had one. Son.
(As for traveling for the campaign: Federal records show that Trump Jr. was reimbursed for nearly $30,000 in travel expenses by the Trump campaign.)
Trump Jr. was part of the campaign. Trump Jr. set up a meeting with other campaign representatives to receive what he thought was material impugning an opponent that, he was told, came directly from the Russian government. (In fact, he was told that it was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump,” something that President Trump has long denied existed. Trump Jr. doesn’t appear to have balked at that description.) In other words, it’s no longer possible to deny that the campaign sought to collude with the Russian government in its meddling efforts…
Of course Jr told Dad about email; you think Jr wouldn’t tell his dad he did something edgy, valuable, possibly dangerous, & helpful to DJT?
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 11, 2017
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