Budget office says “procedures were followed.” After the talk of a “quid pro quo” with Ukraine started, President Donald Trump’s team may have sought to reverse-engineer some legitimate reasons for withholding military aid. A review by the White House Counsel’s Office found emails in which Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney asked budget officials if there was any legal justification for Trump’s order to withhold the aid—weeks after the president had given said order.
According to the administration, Mulvaney was simply asking to review the budget office’s legal justification, which is a standard document produced whenever promised funds are withheld.
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Source:: Reason.com
