Maybe you had better look at a calendar......July 25th was the date of the call. August comes after July.
People are claiming that Trump was threatening Ukraine with withholding aide during this phone call...in July, but your report states they didn't find out till August.
So which is it???
You really think that it is only a quid pro quo for Trump's political gain if Trump specifically referenced that he was holding up the funding until Ukraine dug up dirt on Biden- on that one phone call?
What Bill Taylor's statement shows is that behind the scenes Giuliani, Sondland and others were pressuring the Ukrainians to make a public statement that they were investigating the Bidens.
Why a public statement? Because this was always political.
And while the Ukrainians didn't know until August that the funds were being held up- they did indeed know that the funds were held up- and again according to Bill Taylor's statement- the funds were not released until the Ukrainians agreed to publicly announce the investigation in September.
And that is indeed- quid pro quo for the President's personal and political gain.