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New budget-office emails sharpen the Ukraine-aid blowback

Freshly released emails showed how quickly the administration moved on the Ukraine aid freeze after Trump’s July call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, deepening the appearance that the White House had tied official action to a political errand.

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First recorded Dec 20, 2019·Meaningfully updated Dec 20, 2019

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New budget-office emails sharpen the Ukraine-aid blowback

Freshly released emails showed how quickly the administration moved on the Ukraine aid freeze after Trump’s July call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, deepening the appearance that the White House had tied official action to a political errand.

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New budget-office emails sharpen the Ukraine-aid blowback

Freshly released emails showed how quickly the administration moved on the Ukraine aid freeze after Trump’s July call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, deepening the appearance that the White House had tied official action to a political errand.

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