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QUID PRO QUO = BRIBERY = IMPEACHMENT.
There's no coming back from a mass Republican admission of what the evidence confirms: a quid pro quo that extended *well* beyond a single phone call. So if and when what the Post describes happens, media *must* explain our bribery statutes.
There's no coming back from a mass Republican admission of what the evidence confirms: a quid pro quo that extended *well* beyond a single phone call. So if and when what the Post describes happens, media *must* explain our bribery statutes.
1/ 18 U.S.C. § 201 makes it a felony punishable by 15 years in prison to, “directly or indirectly, corruptly seek anything of value in return for being influenced in the performance of any official act.” “Anything of value” is defined as anything with a “market value.”
2/ The facts confirm that the "market value" of what Trump "corruptly" (i.e., for personal gain) sought on the call with Zelensky was...
...$391 million. Because that's the amount Trump was willing to release to Ukraine if it initiated the two investigations Trump was demanding.
...$391 million. Because that's the amount Trump was willing to release to Ukraine if it initiated the two investigations Trump was demanding.
