The impeachment inquiry has uncovered at least three examples of the quid pro quo between the Trump administration and Ukraine, according to documents and testimony from key witnesses. Here's a breakdown.
The question of whether there was a quid pro quo is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Trump has been adamant that he did nothing wrong and tweeted at least 15 times since the inquiry began that there was no quid pro quo. Yet many Democrats have said from the start that they saw evidence of Trump attempting to trade US military assistance for political favors from Ukraine.
"This was the request for Ukraine to investigate the conspiracy theories about 2016. CrowdStrike is the California-based cybersecurity firm that helped the Democratic National Committee figure out that Russia was responsible for the hacking. During the call, Trump mentioned the unfounded theory that the DNC's hacked servers were somehow hidden in Ukraine.
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