Name:   johndoe - Subject:   Misdirection continues Date:   10/23/2019 1:55:49 PM (updated 10/23/2019 1:59:26 PM)

"In the first place there are reams of evidence that Ukraine was made aware a "favor" was being asked in return for funds,"

While the truth of the above is obvious to any sentient being with an IQ that exceeds his/her shoe size, it is ultimately irrelevant. It is illegal for a foreign individual to contribute anything of value to a candidate for office in the US, and it is also illegal for a candidate to solicit such a contribution. Using the power of the presidency in support of such an effort, is not only a violation of federal election law, it is solicitation of a bribe, one of two specific impeachable crimes named in the Constitution.

"No quid pro quo" is the current fraudulent right-wing talking point, just as "no collusion" was previously. Both are false, but neither matters. The impeachable crimes committed by #45 include those elements, but crimes would remain in their absence.