It doesn't have to have anything to do with the hacking you jackass.
52 USC 30121, 36 USC 510 — the law governing foreign contributions to US campaigns states that:
A foreign national shall not, directly or indirectly, make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value, or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or a donation, in connection with any Federal, State, or local election.
A solicitation is an oral or written communication that, construed as reasonably understood in the context in which it is made, contains a clear message asking, requesting, or recommending that another person make a contribution, donation, transfer of funds, or otherwise provide anything of value.
Fredo thought that he was going to that meeting to obtain some oppo research on HRC.
Oppo research is a
thing of value.
Campaigns pay big money for it.