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6. Can you detail what you're discussing?

Wed Aug 11, 2021, 11:39 PM

Aug 2021

You're referencing something in the news or on TV, but it's impossible to tell what based on the OP.

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Is it extortion? [View all] kentuck Aug 2021 OP

I doubt that meets the legal definition of extortion left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #3

Sounds like he wanted to swap the promise of a job for a public lie? kentuck Aug 2021 #4

Try googling the definition of extortion n/t left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #5

This is the definition I found: kentuck Aug 2021 #7

Can you detail what you're discussing? Sympthsical Aug 2021 #6

Just discussing the definition of "extortion" in general... kentuck Aug 2021 #8

It wasn't extortion. Political appointments are different things. Sympthsical Aug 2021 #9

Good point. kentuck Aug 2021 #10

Politics drive investigations all the time Sympthsical Aug 2021 #11