All In ran a segment on TFG and Zelensky and I have a question for legal minds because I want to get

[mobeau69]

it right:

Was it bribery or extortion or maybe both?

The story needs to be retold over and over and over again and I want to identify the crime committed by the proper term. TIA.

[Walleye]

1. I think it was extortion. The money had already been allocated by Congress

[Crunchy Frog]

2. Extorsion. nt

[brooklynite]

3. Legally, its neither...

If you brought this to Court, the Defense attorney would say: "Did President Trump ever say he would NOT provide funding if the favor was not granted?" (answer:no)

"We know what he meant" isn't admissible.

[anarch]

4. hence the insistence that it was a "perfect phone call"

as in, despite the intentions being clear to anyone with a functioning brain, nothing was said that would hold up as evidence in court. Organized crime has always pretty much made a mockery of our "justice" system, and now that the previous administration accomplished its main strategic goal of packing the federal courts with loyal right wing acolytes, I would expect abuse of power to ascend to even more lofty heights over the next couple of decades.