Liberal Law Professor: Sorry, But Democrats Haven't Proven Their New 'Bribery' Charge Against Trump

Late last week, I addressed the Washington Post report that Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats had shifted their impeachment rhetoric from "quid pro quo's" to "bribery," due to internal polling suggesting that the former didn't "resonate" sufficiently in key political battlegrounds. Suffice it to say that I found this posturing...rather unimpressive: In the piece, I went on to write: "I'm open to discussions about whether the 'quid pro quo' to 'bribery' terminology evolution has legal merit. But I also get the sense that if you're trying to remove a duly-elected president from office, his high crimes ought to be so self-evident that a mid-stream rhetorical adjustment wouldn't make much of a difference." At least one legal view on the substantive merits of the 'bribery' charge has been entered into the public record by left-leaning George Washington University law professor (and Trump scandal/impeachment skeptic) Jonathan Turley, who's also an on-air analyst for CBS News:-- More...