# Is it actually against the law for a Presidential candidate to collude with a foreign government?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 2, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-against-the-law-for-a-presidential-candidate-to-collude-with-a-foreign-government/781211 "2017-03-02T16:48:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-actually-against-the-law-for-a-presidential-candidate-to-collude-with-a-foreign-government/781211/21 "2017-03-04T16:22:13Z")

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Wow. Calling OP query hed a tautology is way too much credit.

Turning General Queries into [General Begging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question). Golfclap.

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