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Thread/ Conspiracy Law - Eight Things You Need to Know.
One: Co-conspirators don’t have to explicitly agree to conspire & there doesn't need to be a written agreement; in fact, they almost never explicitly agree to conspire & it would be nuts to have a written agreement! 1/

(Conspiracy Law) Two: Conspiracies can have more than one object- i.e. conspiracy to defraud U.S. and to obstruct justice. The object is the goal. Members could have completely different reasons (motives) for wanting to achieve that goal. 2/

(Conspiracy Law) Three: All co-conspirators have to agree on at least one object of the conspiracy. 3/

(Conspiracy Law) Four: Co-conspirators can use multiple means to carry out the conspiracy, i.e., releasing stolen emails, collaborating on fraudulent social media ops, laundering campaign contributions. 4/

(Conspiracy Law) Five: Co-conspirators don’t have to know precisely what the others are doing, and, in large conspiracies, they rarely do.

(Conspiracy Law) Six: Once someone is found to have knowingly joined a conspiracy, he/she is responsible for all acts of other co-conspirators. 6/

(Conspiracy Law) Seven: Statements of any co-conspirator made to further the conspiracy may be introduced into evidence against any other co-conspirator. 7/

(Conspiracy Law) Eight: Overt Acts taken in furtherance of a conspiracy need not be illegal. A POTUS' public statement that "Russia is a hoax," e.g., might not be illegal (or even make any sense), but it could be an overt act in furtherance of a conspiracy to obstruct justice./8.

*Twitter Bar Exam Conspiracy Law Summary*
Need not succeed
No writing needed
Many goals, agree on 1
Use many means
Don't have to know everything
If join, on hook for all acts
Can use statements of one v. other
Overt acts to further can be legal &
Quid pro quo is NOT an element!