07-11-2017, 03:15 PM
(07-11-2017, 03:10 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I'm going to go on a limb, and say they aren't going to get by claiming info is something of value as the law describes it. If you look at the preceding items, all of them include actual things of substance and if they wanted to include information they would have said it. To me it sounds more like 24 hour newsroom hype. All of a sudden people will start repeating this clause as if they've known it their whole lives. Kind of like I heard everyone screaming emoluments clause when I know 90% never heard the word a year ago.
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.
Other thing of value. There is value outside of monetary value and that is a real option here. He obviously valued it because he felt the need to acquire it. You can pretend it is "fake news" but even Fox News is being really frank about how bad this is.
