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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Fri Jul 14, 2017, 10:30 AM Jul 2017

"We never got anything out of the meeting" [View all]

That seems to be the defense of the Jr, Kushner, Manafort meeting with the Russians.

I could be wrong but conspiracy to violate campaign law doesn't rely on whether anything of value was obtained does it?
It only matters that that was the motivation...correct?

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"We never got anything out of the meeting" [View all] SHRED Jul 2017 OP

The Russians did. VermontKevin Jul 2017 #1

Oh I know that SHRED Jul 2017 #3

Haha even if they got fake info they still would've used it standingtall Jul 2017 #2

I think the russians got information from don jr. etal how much data to dump, when and what they shraby Jul 2017 #4

Yes. "We hoped to get lots of dirt on Hillary, but didn't. So, never mind." MineralMan Jul 2017 #5

Yeah, right ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #6

But Your Honor, When I Got To The Hotel Room, There Was No 13 Year Old Boy There ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2017 #7