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    Donald Trump Jr.'s Messages With WikiLeaks Point to Campaign-Finance Violations

    At the group’s request, the president’s son promoted Russia-hacked materials to the American public.
    by Bob Bauer Nov 16, 2017 4 minutes
    Source: Carolyn Kaster / AP

    Donald Trump Jr.’s private Twitter correspondence with WikiLeaks adds significant detail to the emerging picture of a political alliance between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016. It provides evidence of criminal violations of federal campaign-finance rules, which prohibit foreign spending in U.S. elections.

    The prohibition has a broad sweep. It disallows contributions, donations, or “anything of value” provided by a foreign national to sway an election. It also bars a campaign from offering “substantial assistance” to a foreign national engaged in spending on American races. Trump Jr.’s messages not only powerfully support the case that the Trump campaign violated these rules, but they also compound the campaign’s vulnerability to “aiding and abetting” liability under the general criminal laws

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