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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking NYT - Trump knew of whistleblower complaint when he released Ukraine aid
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Breaking via NYT: Trump had already been briefed on the whistleblower complaint about his dealings with Ukraine when he unfroze military aid for the country in September, according to two people familiar with the matter. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/us/politics/trump-whistle-blower-complaint-ukraine.html
WASHINGTON President Trump had already been briefed on a whistle-blowers complaint about his dealings with Ukraine when he unfroze military aid for the country in September, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Lawyers from the White House counsels office told Mr. Trump in late August about the complaint, explaining that they were trying to determine whether they were legally required to give it to Congress, the people said.
The revelation could shed light on Mr. Trumps thinking at two critical points under scrutiny by impeachment investigators: his decision in early September to release $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine and his denial to a key ambassador around the same time that there was a quid pro quo with Kyiv. Mr. Trump used the phrase before it had entered the public lexicon in the Ukraine affair.
New details also emerged on Tuesday about that decision to freeze the security assistance to Ukraine. An official from the White House budget office, Mark Sandy, testified that on July 12, he received an email from the office of the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, notifying him that Mr. Trump had directed that administration officials freeze Ukraines military aid.
Lawyers from the White House counsels office told Mr. Trump in late August about the complaint, explaining that they were trying to determine whether they were legally required to give it to Congress, the people said.
The revelation could shed light on Mr. Trumps thinking at two critical points under scrutiny by impeachment investigators: his decision in early September to release $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine and his denial to a key ambassador around the same time that there was a quid pro quo with Kyiv. Mr. Trump used the phrase before it had entered the public lexicon in the Ukraine affair.
New details also emerged on Tuesday about that decision to freeze the security assistance to Ukraine. An official from the White House budget office, Mark Sandy, testified that on July 12, he received an email from the office of the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, notifying him that Mr. Trump had directed that administration officials freeze Ukraines military aid.
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Breaking NYT - Trump knew of whistleblower complaint when he released Ukraine aid (Original Post)
Roland99
Nov 2019
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TruckFump
(5,812 posts)1. King Donald just doesn't give a damn, does he?
Gads, I cannot find the words anymore to describe what a POS he truly is.
triron
(21,999 posts)2. Most of us had that already figured out I think.
BigmanPigman
(51,585 posts)3. I thought this was already common knowledge.
He released the money because he had learned about the info going to Congress. We knew this, right? Am I having a time-warp?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)5. Confirming what we all surmised
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)7. I thought so, too.
On edit:
I meant to reply to Bigman Pigman.
SKKY
(11,804 posts)4. That's why he released the aid!!!!! He got caught!!!
Roland99
(53,342 posts)9. Just like Schiff kept repeating over and over!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)6. F I L T H
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)8. k&r