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Hortensis

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2. Nonsense. But THE FIRST REQUEST was the first serious crime.

Reply to dlk (Original post)

Mon Nov 4, 2019, 02:57 PM

Nov 2019

Ukraine didn't have to promise to come through any more than a bank manager has to agree to empty out the vault for an attempted bank robbery to occur; just making the manager think he's in danger if he doesn't come through with the request is enough.

Then came the rest and the actual quid in response to the quo.

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Republicans are right, there was no quid pro quo. It was a conspiracy to commit extortion [View all] dlk Nov 2019 OP

Trumps whole life is extortion for personal gain Baked Potato Nov 2019 #1

Nonsense. But THE FIRST REQUEST was the first serious crime. Hortensis Nov 2019 #2

If that's the case, then extortion is nothing more than a voluntary trade dlk Nov 2019 #3

:) Sophistry's like solitaire -- fun for one. nt Hortensis Nov 2019 #4

Opinions are like noses; everyone has one dlk Nov 2019 #5