This is where I think your argument fails. Broad meaning of thing of value for non tangible things in this context http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/07/donald_trump_jr_s_free_speech_defense_is_as_bogus_as_it_sounds.html …https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/884631379245498368 …
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Replying to @rickhasen
1/ But the statute has a lot more text than "thing of value" that is getting lost in this discussion. I agree, this was a thing of value.
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Replying to @OrinKerr
I try to lay it out in a number of blog posts, shortened in slate. solicitation thing of value from foreign person/entity w/knowledge
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Replying to @rickhasen
1/ Unless I'm mistaken, the statute doesn't prohibit soliciting a thing of value. It prohibits soliciting a contribution or donation,
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Replying to @OrinKerr @rickhasen
2/ and specific kind of contribution or donation is in the form of money or a thing of value.
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Replying to @rickhasen
Can you cite to the text that defines a contribution or donation as a thing of value in the abstract? That would help.
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Replying to @OrinKerr @rickhasen
I think we agree the key phrase is this: "a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value." I read that as having two parts:
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Replying to @OrinKerr @rickhasen
First, a contribution or donation. Second, a specific kind of contribution or donation: one of money or another thing of value.
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