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Originally Posted by Zulu29
Stupid question, I have zero knowledge of US electoral law, but does this fall in more of an ethical breach or does it meet a criminal threshold?
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The answer is it might be criminal, but it might not be.
Campaign finance law prohibits accepting benefits or soliciting benefits from foreign nationals among other things. Their actions might be solicitation depending on how it's defined.
There's also conspiracy, probably not enough by itself but is probably enough to warrant further digging. If there was an actual quid pro quo discussed like repealing the mentioned Magnitsky Act that would be highly illegal. There's no proof but all the necessary pieces being there.