I did not forget to answer what the Ukraine president said. Go back and re-read my response. His statement doesn't matter. That's like GasMan pleading his innocence with a 12yo boy by saying "But the boy never felt he was pressured!! He's happy!"
If you remember, the funds were eventually released when Congress was notified of the whistleblower report indicating that the funds had been freezed on the condition that investigations be publicly announced. Who said that? TRUMP said it in his phone call. Then Pence said it to Zelensky in Poland during a WWII commemoration event.
I wonder what John Bolton meant when he resigned(?) with the statement "I don't want to be part of whatever drug deal Sondland and Mulvaney are cooking up." When is the last time you've heard a career politician, or presidential cabinet member, resign while comparing administration policy a drug deal?
He solicited the bribe. Kinda like you solicit a prostitute for sex, but never actually have the sex? Same thing.
And the GAO agrees with you by finding the administrations actions ILLEGAL.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gao-says-trump-admin-broke-law-ukraine