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Ironically, one of the founders of DOGE(nee USDS), Mikey Dickerson, was caught colluding with billionaire Reid Hoffman to spread misinformation ahead of a 2017 election in Alabama in favor of Democrats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/alabama-senate-roy-jon...

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"caught colluding" implies they were doing something illegal

No, it doesn't.

collusion. noun. col· lu· sion kə-ˈlü-zhən. : secret agreement or cooperation for an illegal or dishonest purpose

Something can be dishonest without being illegal.

Emphasis on the 'or'

The whole sentence does though.

Which law is it being implied was broken?

Not illegal, just nefarious. Which is why they got real embarrassed when what they were doing was revealed and stopped it.

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