I was curious if seriousness of it was related to the restaurant hosting the Kansas congressman at the time (which the journos were kicked out of then wrote a f

I was curious if seriousness of it was related to the restaurant hosting the Kansas congressman at the time (which the journos were kicked out of then wrote a follow up story about the restaurant owner). Maybe whoever invited him had some connection to both the politician and the owner, and the congressman helped kick it upstairs? This is just speculation though.