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    From Simple Exchange To Shakedown: The Evolution Of 'Quid Pro Quo'

    The Latin phrase has played a key role in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But its meaning in that context is far removed from its original simplicity.
    by Rachel Martin Oct 26, 2019 3 minutes
    President Trump insists there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine — but the phrase was not always synonymous with a shakedown.

    A bit of Latin has been on the lips of many lately: quid pro quo.

    The phrase has been broadly invoked in the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump and his interactions with the leader of Ukraine.

    Trump and many of his allies deny there was a quid pro quo — they say that Trump did not withhold military aid to Ukraine as part of an exchange for investigations that could help Trump politically in the 2020 campaign. (Acting chief in a press briefing last week but then later .)

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