Conspiracy
An agreement between two or more persons to engage jointly in an unlawful or criminal act, or an act that is innocent in itself but becomes unlawful when done by the combination of actors.
Conspiracy is governed by statute in federal courts and most state courts. Before its
Codification in state and federal statutes, the crime of conspiracy was simply an agreement to engage in an unlawful act with the intent to carry out the act. Federal statutes, and many state statutes, now require
not only agreement and intent but also the commission of an Overt Act in furtherance of the agreement.
- Conspiracy is a crime separate from the criminal act for which it is developed ...
- ... It differs from solicitation in that conspiracy requires an agreement between two or more persons, whereas solicitation can be committed by one person alone.
The law seeks to punish conspiracy as a substantive crime separate from the intended crime because when two or more persons agree to commit a crime, the potential for criminal activity increases, and as a result, the danger to the public increases.
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"Collusion" is not a criminal offense, but "conspiracy" is - although 16 members of the Trump Campaign had contacts with Russians, none of which were ever reported to the FBI, the Mueller Campaign was unable to confirm that this President and his surrogates entered into a formal agreement to illegally hack the DNC emails!