Flopper
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The investigation focuses on violations of federal law. Collusion in itself is not a violation of the law and thus no one can be charged with collusion. However, there are many federal laws that are likely to have been been broken if the Trump campaign did conclude with the Russians such as violation of election laws or registration of an agent for foreign power. And then there are the laws connected with money trails such income tax evasion and money laundering. Finally, there are a number of crimes common in cover-ups such as obstruction, bribing public officials, giving false testimony before congress, etc.It might surprise you to learn that many federal investigations culminate in indictments for activities far removed from the purpose of the investigation. Obstruction and tax evasion are common.So he didn't collude with the Russians to 'rig' the Election. Now it's 'Obstruction of Justice.' Talk about moving the goal posts? What a scam.
One of the most famous investigations was that of Al Capone which began with the FBI being asked to investigate his failure to appear as a witness before a federal grand jury in a probation case. This led to further investigations. After several years, he was nailed for not paying his taxes. I mention this because of the mistaken idea by the public that criminal investigations must be limited and specific. The fact is they are not. In the Mueller investigation as in all federal investigations, evidence of criminal activity discovered in the course of the investigation is pursued even thou it may be far afield from the purpose of the investigation. A federal investigation can not ignore obstruction of justice any more than a local police investigation of a break-in can ignore a murder discovered in the course of the investigation.
Obviously their 'Collusion' farce is over. So now they're gonna try to move the goal posts. What a sad scam.