An important line of defense for President Trump against the House decision to formalize impeachment proceedings is that he did not commit a crime. In this view, asking a foreign government to investigate your chief political rival is not a “thing of value” for purposes of campaign finance statutes, meaning that there was technically no violation of federal criminal law.
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US President Donald Trump departs after announcing a new immigration proposal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on May 16, 2019.
