these questions is yes. president trump grossly abused his power. he withheld aid to our ally at war until that ally agreed to help him damage a top political opponent. the ukraine plot put our elections and our democracy at risk, and it helped vladimir putin and russia. when career diplomats got in the president's way, he fired them, and he smeared them. and he used a political henchman outside the official lines of diplomacy to avoid getting caught, but he did get caught. a courageous public servant blew the whistle, and only once the president was exposed did he relent and release the aid that this congress approved to help our ally in its war against an