The impeachment of President Donald Trump has focused on evidence of a quid pro quo over his request for investigations into political rivals.
Proving that there was a quid pro quo on the table between President Donald Trump and Ukraine over the controversial investigations he wanted opened strengthens the case for his impeachment, but is not fundamental to it, legal experts suggest.
"Quid pro quo is a distraction insofar as using this Latin phrase suggests that it somehow describes a freestanding offense or ground for impeachment. It doesn't," Frank Bowman, a Georgetown law professor, former federal prosecutor, and author of the book"That said, the fact that Trump demanded an exchange of this for that is at the heart of the strongest case for impeachment.
The legal scholar said that Trump's alleged Ukraine conduct appears to be the"solicitation of a thing of value from a foreign entity or individual," which, given the context that it is to aid him in his 2020 campaign, is a potential breach of election law. But Brettschneider also stressed that impeachment does not need a crime:"So even if it wasn't a quid pro quo there could be an abuse of power. And that's what this is really about...It could be relevant that a crime is committed but it's certainly not required."
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