At the white house, the topic of conversation was election irregularities in that state. Might not seem like a big deal. A politicians coming to washington to talk to the head of their party. Pretty conventional and happens a lot. What you didnt know is it is now a felony. A hug i called Richard Primus arguing they should be prosecuted for their visit to the white house. He says he works at the university of michigans law school. According to professor primus, these two lawmakers are being visibly invited to a meeting with a likely agenda involves a felony of attempting to bribe a public official. Visibly invited . What does that mean . And how exactly would he know that bribes were offered in the white house . He wouldnt know. Not like politico was going to factcheck a guy called professor primus, so they went with it, whatever. Its a crime to talk to trump, everyone knows that. Thats an article of faith at msnbc. The rest of us in america have been laboring under the illusion that th
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