THREAD ON QUID PRO QUOS IN TRUMP-UKRAINE SCANDAL. Parnas interviews have now expanded the number of "drug deals" (Bolton's metaphor, not mine) -- illicit quid pro quos-- that team Trump attempted to play to compel Ukraine to open an investigation into the Bidens. 1/

QUID PRO QUO 1. Corrupt Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko promised to open an investigation of the Bidens if Trump fired Yovanovitch. Trump did fire Yovanovitch. Lutsenko didn't deliver on his side of the deal. (Zelensky was elected president & then removed Lutsenko) 2/

QUID PRO QUO 2. Pence would attend Zelensky's inauguration if the new Ukrainian government opened an investigation of the Bidens. Ukrainians didn't deliver; Pence canceled his trip. 3/

QUID PRO QUO 3. Trump would give Zelensky an Oval office meeting-- an extremely valuable chit in diplomacy sought by all heads of state -- if new Ukrainian government opened an investigation of the Bidens. Zelensky didn't deliver; Zelensky has never visited the White House. 4/

QUID PRO QUO 4. Trump froze military assistance until Zelensky opened an investigation of the Bidens. Zelensky was feeling the pressure and seemed ready to do this deal. But the the whistleblower acted first, forcing Trump to resume military assistance. 5/

That's four different plays made by team Trump, attempted over several months, to try to get the Ukrainian government to open an investigation of the Bidens. In all 4 cases, Trump was using his public office to pursue private gains, the definition of corruption. 6/ END THREAD.