To the Editor:

Re “In a Brash Public Move, Trump Asks the Chinese to Examine the Bidens” (front page, Oct. 4):

Even if the Trumped-up allegations about the Bidens turned out to be accurate — and there hasn’t been the least bit of evidence to support the claim — the fact remains that, as president, Donald Trump violated the law by asking a foreign power (Ukraine) to dig up dirt on a political rival for his own personal gain, while he held back vital military aid to Ukraine, which had b een appropriated by Congress .

And now he’s compounding his lawlessness by publicly making a similar request of China.

Something new and ugly every day.

Joel H. Cohen

Staten Island

To the Editor:

Donald Trump once proclaimed that he could “stan d in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” He is now testing this with his open admission of influence-peddling in Ukraine.

This might be the final test of what democracy means to the American people if the president of the United States can do whatever he pleases despite the Constitution.