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by Causes | 1.29.20

Welcome to Wednesday, January 29th, aliens and terrestrials...

Is withholding aid in exchange for probes impeachable?

Some Republicans are conceding that President Donald Trump may have withheld Ukraine aid in exchange for investigations—but maintain that's not an impeachable offense.

\"Nothing in the Bolton revelations - even if true - would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offense,\" said Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz.

Dershowitz was referring to former national security adviser John Bolton, who alleges in his forthcoming book that the president explicitly told him $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine was conditioned on investigations into Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden.

Dershowitz added:

\"Quid pro quo alone is not a basis for abuse of power, it's part of the way foreign policy has been operated by presidents since the beginning of time.\"

GOP members of the Senate concurred.

\"I don't think the testimony of Ambassador Bolton would be helpful because I basically am in agreement with the very scholarly approach that Mr. Dershowitz took that there's no article there that's grounds for impeachment and removal,\" said Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

Is quid pro quo grounds for impeachment?

On the Radar

Trump Unveils 'Deal of the Century' Middle East Peace Plan

President Trump unveiled his administration's plan for peace between Israelis and Palestinians on Tuesday, which he hailed as a \"realistic two-state solution.\"

Trump released details of his long-awaited plan at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

\"I have done a lot for Israel,\" Trump said. \"It is reasonable that I have to do a lot for the Palestinians, or it just wouldn't be fair.\"

The initiative calls for creating a Palestinian state with a capital in parts of East Jerusalem.

Palestinian leaders have boycotted the peace process and preemptively rejected Trump's plan over its pro-Israel slant.

Do you support Trump's Middle East peace plan?

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And, in the End…

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