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Updated 12:01 PM ET, Wed February 5, 2020
The new information underscores how the July 18th decision to hold the military aid stunned officials, who had already assessed Ukraine deserved to receive it and were preparing a Javelin missile order as well. The decision reverberated across the government for weeks. Officials grew so concerned over the deferrals by the Office of Management and Budget that they noted the aid was at "serious risk," and questioned if the move was illegal.
In an email to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who was in his first week on the job, a top Defense official communicated his concern over Trump's "reported view that the US should cease providing security assistance" to Ukraine and its impact on national security.
Defense officials hoped Esper might be able to persuade the President to drop the hold, and included their rationale in briefing notes provided to him for an August meeting at the White House.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/politics/emails-pentagon-alarm-ukraine-aid/index.html
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... I don't care who's in office they shouldn't be able to take tax payer money and do what they want with it like Red Don has done
Tweedy
(628 posts)The whistleblower notified two authorities, within CIA & the DOI IG. We know what happened with the second complaint -- Bill Barr tried to bury it at DOJ; yet, it became the basis of today's removal vote.
The first one was also buried.
Looks like somebody from DOD rose this with the DOD IG who sent it to the DOJ to be hidden by Bill Barr.
In addition, we have resignations everywhere. It is curious, for example, that Dan Coats and his deputy Sue Gordon both resign on August 15, after the July 25 phone call. There are OMB folks who resign over this, as well. Did they tell higher ups about their concerns?
If so, those concerns were buried first by the Trump kleptocratic administration and then by the GOP senate who refused (with 2 exceptions) to look.
Senator Collins is either the most incredulous person on Earth (believing the president has "learned" from this to not do it again), a coward or a crook.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... justice for these people.
Collins is best a coward