In Federalist Paper 68 Alexander Hamilton wrote, “The desire [of] foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our counsels” was a source of corruption and “one of the most deadly adversaries of republican government.” So the clause preventing ANY foreign interference was put into our Constitution: Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 “No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them [the United States], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” A “present” doesn’t have to be monetary or an object of value: It can be valuable information. Thus a President’s appeal to Russia, the Ukraine, China, etc. is a DIRECT violation of our Constitution. To ask someone to commit a crime is criminal incitement. Hacking into emails is a felony under US law. A Presidential candidate publicly asked Russia to hack into his opponent’s emails, a request that I and millions of others have seen. Russian hackers did so and delivered their information to the candidate. The Russian hackers were indicted for their crime. The inciter was not.