Why Didn't He Notify The FBI?

@sarabee1995 Yes, you would call the police, otherwise, you might be party to a crime. This is what a prosecutor might call conspiracy.

@Northwest Not if I declined at first invitation and cut off future contact. Conspiracy requires that there be an underlying crime. If there is no crime, then there can be no conspiracy.

@sarabee1995 False equivalency. A crime DID occur.

It's a bi-partisan conclusion, confirmed by all our intelligence agencies, that Russia interfered in our elections.

So, a crime WAS committed. It is the responsibility of the candidate, who was approached to notify the FBI, otherwise, it's collusion. They already know that Jr., by his own admission, was approached. The question, which Trump never answered under oath, is whether he knew about it. And he will never answer that question under oath.

If that person committed the crime, robbed a bank, and you didn't participate, and was arrested and you were called to testify in a court of law and you were asked, 'Did this person propose to you to rob a bank together ? How would you answer ? @sarabee1995

@softspokenman I would, of course, tell the truth. I would say I immediately ended the conversation, that I declined the offer as absurd, and that I cut off all contact with this person.

@Northwest Absolutely Russia did meddle in the election!!! I wish we were talking more about that fact than this side show of collusion which was not even part of the original charge given to the Special Counsel.

So yes, Russia did meddle in two ways: 1) The Russian Army engaged in a successful campaign to hack into US political entities and disseminated damaging information harvested from that hacking, and 2) Russian troll farms engaged in coordinated campaigns to plant false and divisive stories in US social media in order to sow discord and distrust.

So which of these two crimes are you alleging that the Trump campaign was approached about? If you're going to say Wikileaks and therefore the Russian Army, keep in mind that in 2016 no one knew about the connections there.

@sarabee1995 I am not privy to the investigation, and in fact, no one, beside the AG, is. We don't know who was interviewed and what was discussed.

I am commenting on Trump's tweet, NOT some hypothetical of hyperbole.

Here's Trump tweet, again:


He's saying that his campaign received multiple offers from Russia to collude. That, in and by itself, represents proof that he knew the Russians were interfering, otherwise, why would they be contacting his campaign.

As a candidate for the Presidency, it is his responsibility to make sure our democracy is protected, and not hide behind legal loopholes, or is this too much to ask?

So, why didn't he contact the FBI?

As to your claim that in 2016, no one knew about the Russia-wikileaks connection, then why would Trump, during a televised campaign debate with Hillary, say "Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press"?

@sarabee1995 Thank you for your answer. I believe that all decent people would tell the truth also. You knew that person 'tangentially'. Trump 'Hired' people to work for him and they lied in court to protect him. They are going to prison. He says he had no idea what they were doing. When he was asked, on video, Did you know about the hush money he said "NO" and it was later proven, with evidence, that he did. I think he should go to prison for conspiring against the people along with the others.