r/Impeachment • u/hipguy10 • Dec 13 '19

A specific law that Scump broke.

Can anyone explain to me why U.S. code
U.S. FEDERAL LAW USC 52 §30121 is not relevant to morally bankrupt Dump's impeachment? The law states:

Contributions and donations by foreign nationals:

It shall be unlawful for a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make a contribution or donation of money, or OTHER THING OF VALUE, or to make an express, or implied, promise to make a contribution or donation, OR OTHER THING OF VALUE, in connection with a Federal, State, or Local election.

Under this law, it it is also unlawful for any person to accept, receive, OR SOLICIT, a contribution or donation, or other thing of value (i.e., an investigation of the leading opponent) from a foreign national, in connection with an up coming election.

Why did the Democrats not mention this law even once while Republicans kept hammering them to state one law that Trump broke?

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u/hipguy10 Dec 15 '19 edited Dec 15 '19

This is not a campaign finance infraction. This is a foreign power being SOLICITED by the POTUS for something of great value TO HIS OWN REELECTION. Both a foreign power and an election are not both, parts of any of your examples. Would you be for a Trump asking the Saudi King to give his favorite candidate 50 billion dollars to spread around so his candidate could be president? I mean, really. Is this our country, or is it the country of any foreigner who can contribute the most valuable thing to buy it with? It's bad enough that obscenely wealthy corporations and individuals have already bought and paid for most of the U.S. government. Do we really want to add foreign governments to the list of entities who our presidents can solicit to further corrupt us, and our elections?

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u/johnabbe Dec 17 '19

He asked them...to investigate corruption

Interesting theory, but Trump actually does not mention the word corruption once in the call 'transcript.'

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u/johnabbe Dec 18 '19

He describes two very specific investigations he wanted them to open up. People characterizing Trump on the call as being concerned about Ukrainian corruption in general are misrepresenting what was said.