BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Two officials at the White House budget office resigned this year partly because of their concerns about President Trump’s decision to hold up congressionally approved security assistance to Ukraine, a third aide at the office told impeachment investigators, revealing dissent within a key agency about Mr. Trump’s refusal to release the money. Mark Sandy, an official at the White House Office of Management and Budget, told the House Intelligence Committee in a private interview this month that one of the officials ‘expressed some frustrations about not understanding the reason for the hold’ before resigning in September. A second co-worker, an official in the legal division of the office, also resigned after offering a ‘dissenting opinion’ about whether it was legal to hold up the aid, Mr. Sandy testified, according to a transcript of his testimony released by the committee on Tuesday [11-26-19].”
–Michael D. Shear and Nicholas Fandos, “White House Budget Official Said 2 Aides Resigned Amid Ukraine Aid Freeze,” The New York Times online, November 26, 2019