Miko Oyang on Brian Williams show using the word extortion.

[docgee]

I hope it catches on in the media because that is what it was, not quid pro quo. Also I think the low thought voters can understand what blackmail is, as delivered in newsworthy sound bites their brains can digest.

[cynatnite]

1. I was thinking that this was a mob type of extortion racket. n/t

[tanyev]

2. Yes. That's how Trump really rolls.

Just ask all the contractors and service providers he's stiffed for many, many years.

[leftieNanner]

3. Chris Hayes used the E word too

Extortion. That's what it was. Mob behavior.

[MontanaMama]

4. The MF is a mobster.

Extortion would be entry level crime for him. I have no doubt he’s done way worse than extortion.

[cilla4progress]

5. Criminals

thugs

[gristy]

6. Yes, now that you mention it...

It wasn't "you find me some dirt, I'll build you a new house"
It was "if you don't find me some dirt, I'm going to burn your house down"

That, boys and girls, is extortion.