"This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump."
"Emin asked that I schedule a meeting with you and The Russian government attorney who is flying over from Moscow for this Thursday."Donald Jr believes that he is meeting with a Russian government attorney who will be providing high-level information as part of Russia's support for his father. The only question remaining is, which criminal charges to file? You can possibly try him on Treason2, Conspiracy3, Accepting Foreign Donations4, and Misprision5.
That's not including the fact that Donald Jr. involved Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner. In his email chain, it is indicated that he'd forwarded his email chain6 to both Manafort and Kushner -- note how the White House previously tried to play down Manafort's role in the campaign7, yet, here is Don Jr. directly involving Manafort.
Having involved Manafort and Kushner, those two are also at legal risk for all of the same criminal charges.
It's a real stretch, even for Donald, to distance himself from his own flesh and blood and his daughter's husband. At the heart of his campaign, we now have Flynn, Manafort, Kushner and Don Jr. all involved in attempting to garner the help of Russia. Colloquially speaking, we're talking about collusion; formally, this means Conspiracy.
Having involved Manafort and Kushner, those two are also at legal risk for all of the same criminal charges.
It's a real stretch, even for Donald, to distance himself from his own flesh and blood and his daughter's husband. At the heart of his campaign, we now have Flynn, Manafort, Kushner and Don Jr. all involved in attempting to garner the help of Russia. Colloquially speaking, we're talking about collusion; formally, this means Conspiracy.
The most forgiving interpretation of Don Jr's actions is that he hasn't a clue as to the laws of this nation. Mind you, ignorance of the law is not a defense against conviction. There are more than a few chuckles around the world, in response to the sheer stupidity of Don Jr, in effect taking down his father.
UPDATE:
This just keeps getting worse for Don Jr.
Julian Assange has come out on Twitter saying that he made "contact" with Don Jr to encourage him to publish his emails, two hours before Don Jr released them on Twitter. Thus, contrary to denials, Assange has an active relationship with the Trumps and Don Jr is exceedingly stupid that he would rather listen to a man with his own agenda over his own lawyer whose primary job is to look after Don Jr's best interests.
1 -- It is not the full chain; the chain has obviously been curated as there are gaps in the conversation.
2 -- 18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason: Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
3 -- 18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States: If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
4 -- 52 U.S. Code § 30121 - Contributions and donations by foreign nationals: (a)(2) [It shall be unlawful for] a person to solicit, accept, or receive a contribution or donation described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) from a foreign national. (In this case, the reference is to donations of "other thing of value".
5 -- 18 U.S. Code § 2382 - Misprision of treason: Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
6 -- In the final portion of his email chain, the subject line of the email reads: "FW: Russia - Clinton - private and confidential" and the recipients listed are Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort.
7 -- Sean Spicer stated that Manafort "played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time" and Devin Nunes suggested that Manafort merely worked "for a short time worked on the convention." See: https://goo.gl/X2DgIH
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