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Source: Business Insider

LIVE: GOP Sen. Rand Paul was blocked from asking his question because it would reveal the identity of the whistleblower

LIVE: Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz makes an absurd claim that Trump's re-election itself is a matter of public interest

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Trump defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz makes bizarre claim that Trump's election itself is in the public interest


Here's what Dershowitz said: "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."

Fact check: This is a bizarre claim, because it implies Trump's election itself — an inherently political outcome — is in the public interest.

Earlier, Dershowitz also laid out a hypothetical scenario in which a Democratic president told Israel he would withhold all aid until the Israeli government stopped all settlement growth, or if he told Palestine he would withhold aid until the Palestinian government stopped "paying terrorists."

"And the president said: quid pro quo," Dershowitz added. "If you don't do it, you don't get the money. If you do it, you get the money. There is no one in this chamber that would regard that as in any way unlawful."

It's unclear where Dershowitz was going with this line of thinking, because it seems to confirm what House Democrats have argued: while previous US presidents routinely engaged in "quid pro quos" with other nations, they did so in matters of official foreign policy or national interest...........................................

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/senators-questions-trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates-2020-1

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Dersh is the ideal person to argue pure bull because no matter what he says--no matter how unreasonable--the #MAGA crowd will cheer him on and Believe.





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In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)