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Sat Nov 16, 2019, 10:06 PM Nov 2019

Budget Official Not Sure Why Ukraine Aid Was Frozen

Budget Official Not Sure Why Ukraine Aid Was Frozen

November 16, 2019 at 4:39 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 31 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/16/budget-official-not-sure-why-ukraine-aid-frozen/

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“House impeachment investigators met for a rare weekend session on Saturday to privately question a senior official from the White House budget office about President Trump’s decision this summer to freeze $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine,” the New York Times reports.

“Democrats leading the proceedings had hoped that the budget official, Mark Sandy, could at least offer a glimpse into deliberations at the Office of Management and Budget over carrying out the order. In the end, Mr. Sandy told investigators that he did not know why the military assistance had been delayed but that he had never encountered a similar situation in his time at the agency.”

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