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pnwmom

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14. I'm not sure that even if he had accepted your definition, that it could have changed the outcome.

Reply to Atticus (Reply #13)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 10:18 PM

Jun 2019

The conspiracy law would still have been the applicable law, and that law clearly requires an agreement. And Mueller would have to prove that the crime of conspiracy was committed beyond a reasonable doubt.

So why is the definition of coordination important?

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As stated in the intro to the Mueller Report, the investigators analyzed [View all] Atticus Jun 2019 OP

Mueller spent a lot of time contorting his findings regarding Russia to let Hoyt Jun 2019 #1

Tend to agree except I still think Mueller needs to go before congress, publicly. triron Jun 2019 #3

Maybe. But Mueller has had plenty of opportunity to speak up, and he hasn't. Hoyt Jun 2019 #4

Conspiracy: elleng Jun 2019 #2

Please see #7 below. nt Atticus Jun 2019 #8

They don't look at dictionaries ilmare2000 Jun 2019 #5

It's more complicated than that StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #6

My post did not mention "conspiracy". It dealt solely with how the Mueller Report Atticus Jun 2019 #7

Your post didn't mention conspiracy, but the portion you selectively quoted from did StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #9

This could go on forever if you keep moving the goalposts. Here I thought I could decide Atticus Jun 2019 #10

Of course, you can decide what your OP is about. But if you post incomplete or misleading info, StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #11

But there isn't a law against coordination or collusion. There is a conspiracy law, and that law pnwmom Jun 2019 #12

Agree with your entire post. But, that was not the subject of my post. Atticus Jun 2019 #13

I'm not sure that even if he had accepted your definition, that it could have changed the outcome. pnwmom Jun 2019 #14

All that is clear from the report is that in some way, Mueller's finding "no coordination" Atticus Jun 2019 #15

Mueller was using the term "coordination" to mean an agreement, and the agreement pnwmom Jun 2019 #16

If coordination and agreement were synonyms, that would make sense. nt Atticus Jun 2019 #17