Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Q&A begins in Trump impeachment trial
Senators now get to ask both sides questions over two days.
By Madeleine Brand • • 23m ListenSenators now get to ask both sides questions over two days. Attorney Alan Dershowitz argued today that even if President Trump sought a reelection advantage by freezing aid to Ukraine in exchange for a probe of the Bidens, it could still be seen as part of the public interest.
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2 storiesTrump’s legal team: Even if Trump sought reelection aid from Ukraine, it’d be in the national interest
Attorney Alan Dershowitz defended Trump, “Every public official that I know believes that his election is in the public interest. And mostly you’re right. Your election is in the public interest. And 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."
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Both the Kushner and Trump families are descendents of European immigrants who found success in the United States. They both built real estate empires, and peddled their millions in the machine politics of New York and New Jersey.
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