BS, oh, yes, things of value, a slight oversight on my part.  Anything of value in law refers to goods that have a certain utility to the recipient that is real and that is ordinarily not given away free but is purchased. https://definitions.uslegal.com/a/anything-of-value/   Damaging information about Clinton, would have been of value to a political campaign, but since it would be something that ordinarily is given away free and not purchased, it would not violate the statute regardless of what Nick Akerman says. Other legal scholars say it is nonsense.  With regard to the word “solicit,” exactly how did Trump Jr. solicit or even try to solicit anything from the Russian lawyer?