Russia and our election

[*michaelsean*]

(07-11-2017, 03:15 PM)Au165 Wrote: A foreign national shall not, directly or indirectly, make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value, or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or a donation, in connection with any Federal, State, or local election.


Other thing of value. There is value outside of monetary value and that is a real option here.You can pretend it is "fake news" but even Fox News is being really frank about how bad this is.

I didn't say it was fake news. And yes I believe they are talking about something of substance when they list only things of substance, and then get an et al in there so that people don't say I didn't give money I gave gold.  They don't want elections funded by foreign sources. That is the purpose of the law. You have to understand the intention of the law before you start applying it.