agents within and outside the u.s. government, he corruptly solicited the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations into a political opponent, former vice president joseph r. biden, jr. and into a discredited theory promoted by russia alleging that ukraine rather than russia interfered in the u.s. presidential election. with the same corrupt motives president trump acting both directly and through his agents, conditioned two official acts on the public announcements he had requested. number one, the release of $391 million of u.s. taxpayer funds that congress had appropriated for the purpose of providing military security assistance to ukraine to oppose russian aggression in which president trump had ordered suspended. and also two, a head of state meeting at which the white house -- excuse me -- a head of state meeting at the white house in which the president of ukraine sought to demonstrate continued support for the government of ukraine in the