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Election interference need not be measured by its impact to be illegal. Maybe it swayed the election maybe it didn’t, but the individual in the article just adm
by awb 4y ago
Election interference need not be measured by its impact to be illegal. Maybe it swayed the election maybe it didn’t, but the individual in the article just admitted to the crime he was indicted for as a result of the Muller report.
- cwkoss 4y agoDoes legality even matter? I doubt Putin will be willing to extradite his 'chef' because he harmed america's interests for russian benefit.
- awb 4y agoTo foreign entities, it probably only matters in terms of international relations. To domestic entities, the laws of the land certainly matter. If an adversarial foreign entity is breaking domestic laws without penalty, then domestic entities can focus more on the preventative aspect of enforcement of the law. But yeah, if you have no enforcement and no deterrence then the law might as well not exist.