The president has begun fighting back
NANCY PELOSI has long been a Republican bogeyman. In 2018 Republican congressional candidates across America built her into a caricature of a wild-eyed, out-of-touch coastal liberal. In fact, Mrs Pelosi is among America’s most calculating politicians. That has frustrated some of those on the left of her caucus, but the leader of the House of Representatives knows that she owes her majority to moderates from conservative districts.
The ODNI contends that the complaint does not meet the statutory definition of an “urgent concern”. It refers to “conduct by someone outside the Intelligence Community,” hence unrelated to any “intelligence activity” that DNI supervises, and it therefore need not be sent to Congress. The ODNI did not reveal who “someone” was, though the president, being outside the intelligence community, could fit the bill. Mr Maguire will testify before the House on September 26th.
Mr Trump’s second argument is that there was no explicit quid pro quo—that he never overtly made aid to Ukraine conditional on its investigating Mr Biden’s son. But a quid pro quo need not be explicitly stated, only understood by both parties. And that is not the only impeachable offence being investigated. If what is alleged is true, Mr Trump invited a foreign nation to interfere in an American election.
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