Russia and our election

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(07-11-2017, 04:54 PM)Dill Wrote: The law pretty much specifies contributions of FUNGIBLE value, things which can be priced and exchanged for money.  If a foreigner owns a hotel and donates rooms to the campaign for a week, that would count as a "contribution."   One cannot donate or price fresh air, hugs, or pancake syrup (once out of the bottle) as leonard listed. One cannot exchange them for money or other goods and services.

Also, the recipient has to KNOW the gift is from a foreigner, and show due diligence in sourcing contributions.

Dirt on Hillary might have a monetary value for some journalists or Trump supporters, but it is not really a market value.  It could not be considered logistical support the way  hotel rooms or airline tickets or donated "Make America Great" hats could.

Services by skilled professionals is considered valuable. You can attach an hourly value to hackers like you can lawyers. White hat hacking firms do in fact have hourly rates for services. The services used to acquire that report would fall under the in-kind contribution definition for services.