WASHINGTON (AP) — Criminal prosecutions are rare for people who fail to register as foreign agents, according to a top Justice Department official who testified Wednesday about an obscure law receiving new attention amid investigations into contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Adam Hickey, a deputy assistant attorney general, told Senate lawmakers that the Foreign Agents Registration Act includes multiple exemptions for registration and requires proof that someone intended to break the law. He said lawyers often prod someone to voluntarily register instead of seeking to charge them.
Nonetheless, he said, the Justice Department has brought four criminal cases under the …read more
Source: TPM
