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(1) Trump withheld crucial military aid from Ukraine;
(2) Ukraine knew it;
(3) While the aid was being withheld, Trump asked Ukraine for a “favor”—investigations into the 2016 election and the Bidens;
(4) The request for investigations morphed into a demand for a public statement;
(5) Ukraine agreed to make the public announcement, was working with U.S. government officials on a script for the announcement, and was scheduled to deliver it in a CNN interview with Fareed Zakaria;
(6) Ukraine canceled the CNN interview only when Trump released the aid after the scheme was exposed by the whistleblower report.
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