NYT : "Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign"

[sundin13]

epicurean said:

sundin13 said:
I'd say that a conspiracy charge is pretty clear here if you cannot prove actual collusion from this. If the meeting did turn out to be a dead end, you still have (imo) clear proof of a conspiracy to collude with the Russian government. Whether or not those attempts were successful is important but not an end all, be all.

They could easily get out of that if no info was exchanged, or even further, if there's no proof info was exchanged. 

Even though I don't think for a second that this is actually the case, DTJ could simply see he met with them to see if what they said was real, then he would report it. If everything someone offered in email was true I'd be a millionaire by helping a Prince in Africa get his money out of a bank.

A conspiracy charge involves a plan to commit a crime, it does not require the crime to have actually been committed. 

Also, that last metaphor is a laughable false equivalency and a disastrous way to run a political campaign.