[Cboldt]

The argument isn't libel based, libel isn't even a crime.

The indictment is based on a theory that any foreigner who spends money advocating in US elections (See Carlos Slim's NYT) is in violation of US criminal statutes.

[1Old Pro]

The indictment is based on a theory that any foreigner who spends money advocating in US elections (See Carlos Slim's NYT) is in violation of US criminal statutes.

Still ridiculous, basically foreign bloggers.

[Red Steel]

Hillary and Obama were complicit benefactors of foreign money. Obama accepted money from anywhere in the world via the Internet during his election campaign. Gee where was the FBI and Rosenstein in 2008?

[rxsid]

"The argument isn't libel based, libel isn't even a crime.

The indictment is based on a theory that any foreigner who spends money advocating in US elections (See Carlos Slim's NYT) is in violation of US criminal statutes."

Yes. And yet...

Obama Accepting Untraceable Donations

Secret, Foreign Money Floods Into Obama Campaign

FITTON: Obama campaign’s illegal foreign donations

[mojito]

The indictment is based on a theory that any foreigner who spends money advocating in US elections (See Carlos Slim's NYT) is in violation of US criminal statutes.

Does this mean that when the Guardian editorialized about the US presidential election and called Trump a "big meanie" that they've committed a felony?

[Tammy8]

If that is how they are going to play this, they are going to be real busy gathering people up.