'Nothingburger' with juicy side of criminal exposure
By Matt Kwong, CBC
Posted: Jul 12, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Last Updated: Jul 12, 2017 5:00 AM ET
... "It's very clear what's going on," Richard Painter, the former chief White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush, told CBC News. "The Trump campaign was willing to do whatever it took to win, and they were willing to get information from the Russians about Hillary Clinton. And .. there's potential exposure into various criminal statutes" ...
"If I was his lawyer, I'm not sure I would advise disclosing that," said Barak Cohen, another former federal corruption prosecutor ...
"He's potentially opening himself for liability," Cohen said ...
"The problem for Donald Trump Jr. is it certainly seems like his response to that email setting up that meeting is soliciting that kind of contribution," said Ryan Goodman, a law professor at New York University and a former special counsel at the Department of Defence during the Obama administration ...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-jr-emails-revealed-criminal-exposure-expert-lawyers-1.4199962
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