11/25/2019

EMAILS/FOREIGN AID/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “A White House review of President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold nearly $400 million in US military aid to Ukraine showed an extensive effort to justify that hold after it was placed and a debate over its legality, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The Post, citing three people familiar with the records, said the White House Counsel’s Office surfaced hundreds of documents through a confidential review prompted by the House impeachment inquiry into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. Emails between acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and White House budget officials from early August showed a search for an explanation for why Trump stalled the money Congress had approved to go to Ukraine after the President had ordered it held the month before.”

Paul LeBlanc and Zachary B. Wolf, “New emails tee up another week in the House impeachment inquiry into Trump,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 25, 2019 6:24 am