Racketeering, often associated with organized crime, is the act of getting involved in a dishonest and fraudulent business dealing or offering a service to solve a problem that wouldn't otherwise exist.
The only USA law that deals with brokering spoken or written contracts with foreign governments to effect free and open elections are criminal laws. I do believe there are Russians indicted in these crimes as well as Americans, yes? That closes the circle of influence to prove the crime. Russian intelligence is involved, what else is to be understood?
The Trump election team had to CREATE a method to facilitate the corruption into elections as offered by Russia. So, they created a nexus between the billionaire and Russian intelligence. That is criminal activity. What USA candidate has the resources of a foreign government? A hostile foreign government as well. Russia is highly motivated to cause harm to the USA. No one in the USA understands that? Give me a break.
Trump demanded this clause in his civil contracts, basically to handle issues with real estate development. The attornies applying JDAs to criminal law need to be disbarred because they are corrupt to the core.
When Manafort played Mueller for a fool in believing a JDA would save him, he gave up his best chance for a good outcome to his crimes. Trump dangled the pardon in front of Manafort and that is obstruction of justice.
An agreement (click here) between separately represented parties with common legal interests (generally relating to pending or anticipated litigation) that allows the parties to share confidential information with each other without waiving the attorney-client privilege, work product protection, or other applicable privilege or protection. Among other things, a JDA may also:
- Restrict the parties' use of information shared under the JDA.
- Set out conditions and procedures under which information shared under the JDA is to be returned to the originating party.
- Require the parties to disclaim any attorney-client relationship with counsel for another party to the JDA, which arises as a result of the sharing of privileged information....