Karoline Leavitt's decades-older husband, Nicholas Riccio , remains quite the enigma and rarely makes an appearance on the White House press secretary's Instagram feed. One of the most interesting tidbits about the real estate mogul, however, is his own strange connection to politics.

Long before Riccio and Leavitt became acquainted, the millionaire met former president George W. Bush at Pease International Tradeport. The year was 2005, and Riccio was eager to pick Bush's brain about the logistics of owning a baseball team, something the president knew plenty about as he used to own the Texas Rangers. Bush was delivering a speech, and Riccio approached him afterward. The two's conversation lasted under five minutes, but Riccio left inspired. While he never ventured into politics himself,

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