I'm No Lawyer, but Someone Should Go To Jail
Here is what I found, from just doing a quick search.
I highlighted the section I thought was relevant to what went on.
Federal Prosecution of Election Offenses - Seventh Edition (May 2007)
12. Campaign Dirty Tricks
Two federal statutes, both of which are part of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), specifically address campaign tactics and practices: 2 U.S.C. §§ 441d and 441h. As is the case with all other FECA provisions, violations of these two statutes are subject to both civil and criminal penalties, 2 U.S.C. §§ 437g(a) and 437g(d) respectively. These penalties will be discussed in Chapter Five.
(a) Election communications and solicitations. 2 U.S.C. § 441d
Section 441d provides that whenever a person or political committee makes certain types of election-related disbursements, an expenditure for the purpose of financing a public communication advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified federal candidate, or a solicitation for the purpose of influencing the election of a federal candidate, the communication must contain an attribution clause identifying the candidate, committee, or person who authorized and/or paid for the communication. The content of the attribution, as well as its size and location in the advertisement are described in the statute.
This Section has potential application to unattributed false, inflammatory, or scurrilous campaign literature that calls for the election or defeat of a federal candidate.
Punishment
4. Felony Theories for FECA Crimes
(b) Conspiracy to defraud the United States. 18 U.S.C. § 371
The “conspiracy to defraud” approach to FECA crimes is based on Hammerschmidt v. United States, 265 U.S. 182 (1924), which held that a conspiracy to defraud the United States under Section 371 includes a conspiracy “to interfere with or obstruct one of [the federal government’s] lawful governmental functions by deceit, craft, or trickery, or at least by means that are dishonest.”
8. Administrative and Civil Enforcement by the Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission has exclusive authority to enforce FECA’s noncriminal penalties. 2 U.S.C. §§ 437g(a)(5), 437d(e). In addition, the Commission has statutory authority to interpret the statute through regulations and advisory opinions, and its opinion should be given deference.
FECA violations that are committed knowingly and willfully and involve aggregate values that satisfy the monetary thresholds in the Act’s criminal provision, 2 U.S.C. § 437g(d), are also federal crimes. These cases are prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
My View
The DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign paid someone to create false information in order for the FBI to get a FISA warrant. As part of this, news and rumors about Russian collusion were spread about Donald Trump in an attempt to discredit him and prevent his election.
The FECA can bring penalties, but the Department of Justice has to try people for this. As mentioned in The Memo, people knowingly tried to keep Trump from being elected and it was funded by the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign. Using deceit, they tried to interfere with the Federal Presidential Election, which is a Federal government function.
In my opinion, the head of the DNC, Hillary Clinton and all those involved with FISA are all guilty of conspiracy. And from what they have said, The Memo doesn't cover everything that went on during the election.
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