Monday, February 19, 2018

COMMENT - What is 'Collusion' Politically

According to legal dictionaries I consulted:

Collusion:

Where two persons (or business entities through their officers or other employees) enter into a deceitful agreement, usually secret, to defraud and/or gain an unfair advantage over a third party, competitors, consumers or those with whom they are negotiating.  Collusion can include secret price or wage fixing, secret rebates, or pretending to be independent of each other when actually conspiring together for their joint ends.  It can range from small-town shopkeepers or heirs to a grandma's estate, to gigantic electronics companies or big league baseball team owners.

In politics, specifically the Russia Investigation, are the 'two persons' in this context Russia and Trump Campaign?

Does 'deceitful agreement' include a Trump campaign official/representative meeting with Russians?

In my book, if ANY U.S. political campaign official is meeting with a foreign government representative on American political campaign issues, that is Collusion.

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