Det er sant det som hevdes i en del alternative nyhetsmedier, at det eksisterer en særskilt avtale mellom USA og Ukraina om gjensidig bistand for å bekjempe kriminalitet. Avtalen bærer navnet "TREATY WITH UKRAINE ON MUTUAL LEGAL
ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS"

https://www.congress.gov/106/cdoc/tdoc16/CDOC-106tdoc16.pdf

Så Trump har altså bare bedt ukrainas president om noe Ukraina er avtalefestet til. I den grad Trump kan sies å ha lagt press mot Ukraina, så eksisterer dette presset der allerede i form av denne avtalen fra 1999.

Og ironien i det hele er at avtalen ble signert av daværende president Bill Clinton:

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 10, 1999.
To the Senate of the United States:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to
ratification, I transmit herewith the Treaty Between the United
States of America and Ukraine on Mutual Legal Assistance in
Criminal Matters with Annex, signed at Kiev on July 22, 1998. I
transmit also, for the information of the Senate, an exchange of
notes which was signed on September 30, 1999, which provides for
its provisional application, as well as the report of the Department
of State with respect to the Treaty.
The Treaty is one of a series of modern mutual legal assistance
treaties being negotiated by the United States in order to counter
criminal activities more effectively. The Treaty should be an effective
tool to assist in the prosecution of a wide variety of crimes, including
drug trafficking offenses. The Treaty is self-executing. It
provides for a broad range of cooperation in criminal matters. Mutual
assistance available under the Treaty includes: taking of testimony
or statements of persons; providing documents, records, and
articles of evidence; serving documents; locating or identifying persons;
transferring persons in custody for testimony or other purposes;
executing requests for searches and seizures; assisting in
proceedings related to restraint, confiscation, forfeiture of assets,
restitution, and collection of fines; and any other form of assistance
not prohibited by the laws of the requested state.
I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
to the Treaty and give its advice and consent to ratification.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON.