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White House budget office defends Ukraine aid delay as legal and routine in new memo


The White House Office of Management and Budget defended the delay in Ukraine military aid as both routine and legal, denying Democratic allegations that it was an irregular abuse of power by President Donald Trump, according to the Washington Post.The budget office detailed the reasons for the aid delay in a memo that was a response to an inquiry by the Government Accountability Office. The temporary withholding of the aid, and the reasons for it, are central questions in the House impeachment inquiry.In the memo, OMB general counsel Mark Paoletta said the aid was initially paused in mid-June after the …read more

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