re: What is "value?"

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They didn't pay for the dossier, right? Someone else did. I guess that would by definition make it something of value.

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I thought someone else paid to get it started and it is alleged that the DNC paid to keep the investigation going. If they paid for the end product not sure what statute that would violate.

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You are right, though, hiring a ukranian is collusion not a FECA violation. Not illegal. Just exactly what the left wants Trump impeached for.

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The difference is one is getting it from a foreign individual and the other is obtaining it from a foreign government. If you get it from a foreign government, there is a much greater chance (almost a presumption) that the information one would receive from a government would have been illicitly procured.

I'm not sure how that difference would play depending what statute is involved, but I think the difference is material.