"thing of value" under the law your attempting to use to prove your point.
if the law were to be interpreted as such it would be ruled unconstitutional the first time it faced judicial review.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/07/14/the-strikingly-broad-consequences-of-the-argument-that-donald-trump-jr-broke-the-law-by-expressing-interest-in-russian-dirt-on-hillary-clinton/?utm_term=.cebc4eb1f454Edited by blake1771 at 00:29:20 on 11/26/17