Impeachment inquiry accuses Donald Trump of pressuring Ukraine to investigate his potential election rival (AP pic).WASHINGTON: The White House budget office “violated the law” by freezing military aid to put political pressure on Ukraine’s government, a US congressional watchdog announced Thursday as President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial looms.
The damning report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office says it “issued a legal decision concluding that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law when it withheld approximately US$214 million appropriated to DOD (Department of Defense) for security assistance to Ukraine.”
Congress passed legislation appropriating the financial assistance to Ukraine last year …read more
Source:: Free Malaysia Today
