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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s easy.

Because it’s illegal.  Full stop.

No matter how many false alanlogies you make to what Hillary did, which was different and legal, it does not make the Trump Tower meeting any less illegal. [/quote]

What happened that was illegal?  Genuinely need an explanation...[/quote]

It is illegal for a campaign to receive a contribution or something of value from a foreign individual or entity.

Here’s what the FEC says:  https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/who-can-and-cant-contribute/

Court have clearly stated information (like opposition research) is something of value.  This should be obvious.   A campaign would and campaigns do pay big bucks for people to conduct opposition research.  You can donate money used for oppo research. Or, you can cut out the middleman, and just give him the research.

Don Jr. went to the Trump Tower meeting. He know it was with a foreign national, with ties to a foreign government.  And now Trump says he went with the purpose of getting oppo research from a foreign government.

Even if he got nothing (which is not a given, because of the timing of Wikileaks),  Don Jr, attempted to violate campaign finance law.

The attempt does not have to be successful to be illegal. Just like someone does not have to die for you to be charged with attempted murder.

Game, set, match.  Mueller.

HRC/the Steele Dossier was different because it was paid for at fair market value. And because Steele was aCIA asset. But even if the dossier was also illegal, it does not make Don Jr (and Kushner and Manafort) innocent.  It just means Hillary was guilty too. [/quote]

If everything above is correct, why Mueller didn't charge Don Jr. with the attempt to commit the crime? After year and half of investigation?[/quote]

Because that isn't how investigations work. If you read about how Enron and the Giotti MOB family were taken down by Mueller, you will begin to get a sense of how this will work. Pretty basic. You lay the foundation with facts (see the previous indictments against the Russians) and then you take down the fringe players (see Papagopolous, Van der Haan etc) and work your way up the pyramid. There is a long way to go with this. The whole "Mueller has been at this a year and nothing" is total BS. For what he is taking on, he has been exceptionally fast. Compare to Bhenghazi and Whitewater and it is like Dash from The Incredibles.[/quote]

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