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Newest defense...WTF is quid pro quo ? (Original Post)
pbmus
Nov 2019
OP
K&R, I'm seeing KGOP now doing the "water is dry, everyone knows that" defense
uponit7771
Nov 2019
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TruckFump
(5,812 posts)1. Hint...
...IT'S EXTORTION, DUMBSHIT!
Poiuyt
(18,087 posts)3. Well, I was going to say solicitation of bribery
Both are good terms though bribery is one of the reasons listed in the Constitution as being impeachable.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)5. I will agree with you.
Since we are looking at impeachment...the Const term is the better one to use.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)2. Really? Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer is their defense?
Iwasthere
(3,138 posts)4. I posted on this earlier... Damnit! Call it Extortion NOT quid pro quo
They can't defend Extortion or Bribery. Even on MSNBC; all day the term"quid pro quo"... come on people, get on board, it's Extortion!!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)6. So, ignorance of the law isn't going to fly as an excuse?
Let's try this one: "New phone, who dis?"
Yes, it's getting to that level of ridiculousness.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)7. K&R, I'm seeing KGOP now doing the "water is dry, everyone knows that" defense