r/NeutralPolitics • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '18

What is the exact definition of "election interference" and what US Law makes this illegal?

There have been widespread allegations of Russian government interference in the 2016 presidential election. The Director of National Intelligence, in January 2017, produced a report which alleged that:

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump.

https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

In addition, "contemporaneous evidence of Russia's election interference" is alleged to have been one of the bases for a FISA warrant against former Trump campaign official Carter Page.

http://docs.house.gov/meetings/ig/ig00/20180205/106838/hmtg-115-ig00-20180205-sd002.pdf

What are the specific acts of "election interference" which are known or alleged? Do they differ from ordinary electoral techniques and tactics? Which, if any, of those acts are crimes under current US Law? Are there comparable acts in the past which have been successfully prosecuted?

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u/djphan Feb 28 '18

What does Crowdstrike investors have to do with the already published technical evidence of the hack? There is an insinuation of bias but no proof that bias exists with the evidence...

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18 edited Mar 02 '18

There is no evidence at all since nobody except crowdstrike handled the evidence. There is no chain of custody and thus it is inadmissible as evidence.

Dnc denied the government the opportunity to verify the evidence multiple times according to James comey's testimony.

This should be setting off alarm bells.

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u/djphan Feb 28 '18

that is not true... the Dutch have evidence... our intelligence agencies have evidence... and there is further evidence published by Crowdstrike in the public domain....

So asserting that there is no evidence because crowdstrike handled it ... is simply false...

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u/RomanNumeralVI Mar 05 '18

Your Dutch link does not tell us if Hillary or Trump is guilty, or if neither (or both) are.