No this is very much illegal. Firstly, it's a hatch act violation, because this was recorded 2 weeks after Trump became president. Secondly, this call is about Biden covering up his crimes.

What Biden is saying is that the more Trump delves into the Ukraine in the course of his duties as president, he will discover the corruption that has been going on in the Ukraine. So Biden's call was about ways to limit discovery of that.

No this is very much illegal. Firstly, it's a hatch act violation, because this was recorded 2 weeks after Trump became president. Secondly, this call is about Biden covering up his crimes.

What Biden is saying is that the more Trump delves into the Ukraine in the course of his duties as president, he will discover the corruption that has been going on in the Ukraine. So Biden's call was about ways to limit discovery of that.

That's exactly what Biden meant when he said, "That's how he'll think about it before he gets sophisticated enough to know the details."