The White House first officially froze $250 million in Pentagon military aid funds destined for Ukraine within hours of the now-infamous July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky.
That’s according to documents the White House provided to the House Budget and Appropriations committees. The Budget committee shared a summary of the documents with TPM Monday.
Trump and Zelensky spoke on the phone the morning of July 25. The now-infamous call, in which Trump pressured the Ukrainians to investigate his domestic political rivals, spurred an anonymous whistleblower’s complaint that ultimately led to the House’s impeachment inquiry.
Within hours of that …read more
Source:: TPM
