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Adam Schiff: “Now you'll also hear the defense -- the president said there was no quid pro quo. This is a well-known principle of…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2020
Now you'll also hear the defense -- the president said there was no quid pro quo. This is a well-known principle of criminal law that if the defendant says he didn't do it he couldn't have done it. That doesn't hold up in any court in the land. It shouldn't hold up here.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Schiff rebutted the defense's claim of no quid pro quo, emphasizing legal principles.

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