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The point was made by Alan Dershowitz, one of the president's attorneys:"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment." Asked to respond, impeachment manager Adam Schiff was incredulous."All quid pro quos are fine, it's carte blanche?" Schiff asked."Is that really what we're prepared to say?"
The question of whether witnesses will be included in the trail remains open. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republicans on Tuesday that he didn't have the votes to block witnesses, Democrats still may not have enough support to subpoena former national security adviser John Bolton. Bolton reportedly claims in a forthcoming book that President Trump conditioned aid to Ukraine on an investigation that would likely benefit his reelection bid.
This episode: White House correspondents Tamara Keith and Franco Ordoñez, and political reporter Tim Mak.
nprpolitics RepAdamSchiff - Please remind President’s counsel that the quid, itself, was illegal per GAO. As for the quo, a democracy’s interest will never align with an individual’s desire to preserve power, regardless of the individual’s beliefs or intent. cc: KamalaHarris SenFeinstein
nprpolitics So....we can do as we wish because there is a legal term for it now 'carte blanche' ? FFS
nprpolitics So if a president believes he’s working in the national interest by hiring a hit man (quid pro quo) to assassinate his opponent, no problem, right? 🙄
nprpolitics “I’ll have more flexibility after the election”
nprpolitics Shocking and stupid. I couldn’t believe he said that.
nprpolitics Only idiots would buy what Dershowitz is selling.
nprpolitics So if the Senate goes along with Team Trump's latest defense that the president is above the law, they are in essence abdicating their own power as a check on the presidency. Stunning.
Call me silly for asking but how many politicians are qualified to personally define the public good?
nprpolitics Clearing the way for Trump as president for life. Appalling.
nprpolitics Americans really need to be taking this shit seriously. A failure to convict now means the precedent is set for authoritarianism. That is the very thing the founders sought to escape from with our constitution. This is not about left or right, it is about losing our democracy.
nprpolitics National Democratic Radio misrepresenting again NPRisINGSOC
nprpolitics I went threw a red light, I did it in the public interest to fight traffic congestion. See how that holds up. ROFL
nprpolitics he also has No moral compass , thinks it’s acceptable to have a underage 13yr girl , give him a sensual massage .
nprpolitics Guliani, now Dershowitz? Are they getting more senile with age or is it something else?
nprpolitics Yikes, please go live in another country if you believe that craziness
nprpolitics Why stop at just quid pro quo? Why not argue that any illegal action in an effort to seek re-election would serve the public interest and thus not impeachable?
nprpolitics So, then, is saying “there was no quid pro quo” during an investigation perjury? If memory serves... perjury was an impeachable offense.... Was anyone who claimed “there was no quid pro quo” under oath when that was stated? How does that work?
nprpolitics schiff , pelosi , nadler trump, dershowitz , bush dynasty ; maybe dc is not god
nprpolitics haven't had this much fun since oj was dancing in the streets
nprpolitics The President’s defense team has made short work of this hoax
nprpolitics Oh boy, Chinese government would love this lawyer so much...
nprpolitics If I shoot you, and you marry the doctor that treats you and have a great life together, I’m a matchmaker not an attempted murderer.
nprpolitics Just say what it is, bribery.
nprpolitics Dershowitz should be disbarred for this statement
nprpolitics Literally made my jaw drop. What Epstein info does trump have on Dersh? Sound batty? You tell me what the hell happened to these men that hated trump...and now subvert the constitution to defend him. There’s nothing-but blackmail.
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nprpolitics Which is worse, that Dershowitz is irresponsible enough to say this, or that he knows many members of Congress are irresponsible enough to agree?
nprpolitics I suspect Adolph Hitler believed what he was doing was in the best interests of Germany. Guess we'll have to rewrite the history books.
nprpolitics I LOVE how you have to say “a lawyer”, so as to not be sued by someone who is notorious for going down this path
nprpolitics Thanks for NPR and KQED for live coverage, even I called them FAKE NEWS MEDIA. Your journalists don’t have time to spin biased and FAKE opinions during live coverage. Anyone with any intelligence would know from live coverage: GAME OVER!!! Dems have no case!!!
nprpolitics The GOP and its stooges are literally making up what is or isn't legal, as they go along. Even in the middle of Trump's impeachment 'trial' sans witnesses, these goons are trying to create unconstitutional precedents.
nprpolitics They’re crazy and they’re gleefully destroying our democracy.
nprpolitics The precedent this will set is alarming. GOP will regret this very soon, unfortunately as it’s inevitable someone will continue to press this new power and use it to remove a sting senator.
nprpolitics Dems are the enemy of the USA!!!
nprpolitics Um yes it impeacable.
nprpolitics OMG!! A new low...
nprpolitics Of course every reputable legal scholar thinks Dershowitz has lost his mind or sold it to the devil aka impotus.
nprpolitics The same guy who wants to see the age of statutory rape lowered, and said he never took his underwear off for a massage at Epstein's.
nprpolitics You got your 'statement' backwards and context matters. Didn't realize that YOU are also BIASED. Too bad 🤡🙄
nprpolitics Dershowitz also said that the remedy for impeachment is the 25th Amendment. First time Americans heard that the impeachment clause was made obsolete by the 25th amendment. The way things are going - every institution, norms and values been undermined, hello to Banana Republic
nprpolitics Just Bizarro World. But I am sure Hitler, Stalin or Putin would agreed with Dersh.
nprpolitics He said there must be corrupt intent for it to be impeachable.
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nprpolitics Another question; why can four senators, running for the Oval Office, be allowed to vote against their opponent? Inquiring minds wan't to know.
nprpolitics Happy Families : WOW Ukraine is like a boarding school for Rich Democrats.!! ?.
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nprpolitics People are so throughly disgusted, at this point, by the sheer audacity of the President's defense arguments that pissing all over the law & our Constitution is legal ? Republicans should run for the hills.
nprpolitics So Trump screams “NO QUID PRO QUO” for the past 2 months. Now his lawyer is admitting there was one but saying it was ok? Change the goal posts when found guilty, right? True, real life mobsters.
nprpolitics Trump is GUILTY, everyone knows this. We have Trumps OWN words on the call. The GOP senators first claimed all the evidence is second hand & therefore illegitimate. Yet they are also refusing to allow witnesses who have first hand knowledge. Can’t have it both ways! GOPCoverUp
nprpolitics Everyone who recalls Dershowitz as an honest man is sitting shiva tonight. On the bright side, he doesn't have to worry about looking at himself in the mirror because they're all covered with sheets.
nprpolitics Currenly the GOP
nprpolitics This guy is a great advertisement for Harvard Law. Has the Law school dissociated themselves yet from his legal views on the American Constitution?
nprpolitics They're still angling for a dictatorship
nprpolitics The lawyer's name is Alan Dershowitz.
nprpolitics What 25 books did he read to come up with that one...? SenateTrial AlanDersh fail Constitution says otherwise & so does commonsense SenateTrial
nprpolitics Dershowitz is right.
nprpolitics The fix is in
nprpolitics Feels like 1984 out there.
nprpolitics AlanDershowitz had his Frost/Nixon moment today. “If the President does it, then it’s not a crime” This should give you chills.
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nprpolitics 'None of President Trump's crimes are illegal'
nprpolitics How can trump supporters answer for this? They’ll let you know tomorrow.
nprpolitics This is insane. But it does follow the playground rules of ten year old snots, so it is in keeping with the current state of the GOP.
nprpolitics Oh so now there was a quid pro quo
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nprpolitics AlanDersh is a pedophile supporter of Jeffrey Epstein, nothing more.
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