violation of federal criminal law. he wasn t sure he could prove criminal intent in the russia investigation. now everyone is on notice that it s illegal. it looks like trump s defense is going to be, well, i was asking just that they take a look at corruption and investigate corruption and, by that, he doesn t mean he will say his own political concerns. he means corruption that was going on in the ukraine. for the campaign finance violation, there does have to be a quid pro quo, but if there is, it makes it look even sleazier because then it s an obvious shakedown. and for that, these text messages are super incriminating evidence because not only do we have the ambassador saying, as i said to you on the telephone, it s crazy that we re holding up military aid in exchange for you helping out donald trump with his campaign. as i said to you on the