Russia and our election

[*michaelsean*]

(07-11-2017, 04:33 PM)Dill Wrote: In this case there is automatically a quid pro quo, if the information helps Putin choose our president.

If you, as a Trump campaign operative, accept such information, then you become "part of the plan" so to speak, accepting your role in a Russian espionage operation for personal advantage. Further, as Harvard Professor John Coates (in Bels' link) puts it, you"deprive another of the intangible right of honest services."

If you respond to and "hear out" the offer, as T jr. did, then you indicate your receptivity to treasonous actions.

That would be akin to me saying there is quid pro quo if I give money to a campaign and they win.