President Trump's and his administration's dealings with Prime Minister Zelensky can be characterized as an extortion plot that went awry. In exchange for allowing the congressionally authorized $391 million of desperately needed military aid to go through, Trump requested that Zelensky announce and follow through on a corruption investigation of Joe Biden and his son Hunter. If Zelensky followed through the Trump campaign would have received a huge boost, literally worth millions of dollars, against his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
This sounds complicated, but it really isn't. Let's assume that instead of asking for "dirt" on the Bidens, Trump instead asked for a $5 million personal kickback. That would be extortion pure and simple as Trump would be skimming something off the top of the military aid package for his very own benefit. That is exactly what Trump tried to do with his attempted extortion of Zelensky. Instead of getting cash he was asking for an in-kind campaign contribution. If that is not impeachable, nothing is.
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