Quid pro quo: Latin phrase dominates US impeachment process

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US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland leaves the Longworth building after testifying during the House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into US President

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Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on November 20, 2019. - The US ambassador to the European Union told an impeachment hearing Wednesday that he was following the orders of President Donald Trump in seeking a"quid pro quo" from Ukraine. Gordon Sondland -- whose appearance before Congress is being watched especially closely as he was a Trump ally -- said he believed the president was pressing Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival Joe Biden.

The Democratic-led investigation is probing whether Trump abused his position as president by withholding aid in the hope Ukraine would dig dirt on potential 2020 rival Joe Biden. Pushing back at the accusation, Trump, his Republican supporters and right-wing commentators have chosen a rallying cry: there was “no quid pro quo.”

“Most people don’t understand what it means, and in any case it doesn’t refer only to a crime,” they wrote. On Monday she went even further, using the word “extortion” to dispute Republican claims there was no quid pro quo because Trump eventually released the aid. But Ben Zimmer, a lexicographer, says Sondland’s statement will give the term “quid pro quo” another boost.

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