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Ukraine Hacker Cooperating With FBI In Russia Probe, Says Report (thehill.com)
schwit1 shares a report from The Hill: A hacker in Ukraine who goes by the online alias "Profexer" is cooperating with the FBI in its investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, The New York Times is reporting. Profexer, whose real identity is unknown, wrote and sold malware on the dark web. The intelligence community publicly identified code he had written as a tool used in the hacking of the Democratic National Committee ahead of last year's presidential election. The hacker's activity on the web came to a halt shortly after the malware was identified. The New York Times, citing Ukrainian police, reported Wednesday that the individual turned himself into the FBI earlier this year and became a witness for the bureau in its investigation. FBI investigators are probing Russian interference efforts and whether there was coordination between associates of President Trump's campaign and Moscow. Special counsel Robert Mueller is heading the investigation.
Ok.. So which law is this? If you find one, there are a couple of other campaigns which may have some legal issues too.
I ask for the actual law because it is important that we know exactly what the imagined crime here is. Given your wording, I don't suppose that talking to a Russian would be enough for it to be a crime, but I'd like to see the law you think got broken so we can argue specifics.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
Ah the "treason is not a crime defense" is popular with turncoats and traitors. Good luck with that.
Don't worry.. Mueller kicked Paul Manaford who colluded with Trump / Putin's crime spree out of bed to serve a search warrant. The indictments are coming soon.
1. Money laundering
2. Collusion with Russia's criminal attack on our democracy is a crime. It's called conspiracy...
3. Obstruction of justice, covering up Trump's own crimes, as well as Russia's crimes.
See forthcoming indictments for the exact criminal code.
One aspect: Accepting material help from foreigners in a political campaign. The foreigner was an agent of a semi-hostile foreign government
Russia is our ally. One one the few that matter.
Compare the charlottesville vs barcelona. The first case, the media is trying to claim that it's "domestic terrorism." In the second case, they're claiming that it's a "van crash" while avoiding using the word terrorism as best as possible.
Om, nomnomnom...
Not defending Russia here...but, you act like the US doesn't undermine every other country's elections (including Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Italy) whenever it suits us.