[sasasassy]

But he's referring to "us" and the country, not even a favor to him personally. And Biden's son is only mentioned in a later paragraph.

I think it really depends on how it was said in the call, it's difficult to say for sure if he was just going off a bullet point list of concerns with Ukraine, or had his mind set all that time on attacking Biden.

I guess we'll never know for sure, wouldn't be at all surprised if that was the intention though.

Edit: Also about the aid approval. I think the approval happened shortly after the call became public, not after some action was made against Biden's son, so it may be a case of "dammed if you do, damned if you don't".

[jariel]

The approval went through because the Trump team realised they were in trouble. The approval shouldn't have been held up in any case, the fact there's evidence Trump etc. tried to hold up the weapons is the most damning thing. I don't think this is dammed do/don't scenario.

[sasasassy]

Maybe, but the call does not mention holding up funds, so we don't really know. It's suspicious, but we don't know.

[jariel]

Yes, we know for sure. Immediately after the call, the White House directed the Pentagon to hold up funds. There are plenty of witnesses to this effect.

The call itself is not damning, but there's clear evidence that Trump tried to hold up military support.

Now, how illegal or immoral that is, is a separate question entirely as well.