GAO says Trump team broke the law on Ukraine aid, and the impeachment trial made it impossible to ignore
The Government Accountability Office’s finding that the Office of Management and Budget illegally withheld congressionally approved Ukraine security assistance remained one of the day’s most damaging facts. On January 23, the Senate impeachment trial kept highlighting the aid freeze as House managers pressed the argument that the White House used taxpayer money as leverage in a political campaign pressure operation. That is the kind of paper trail Trumpworld hates: not vibes, not innuendo, but a government watchdog saying the administration violated the Impoundment Control Act. The result was a fresh legal and political headache for a defens…
The Government Accountability Office’s finding that the Office of Management and Budget illegally withheld congressionally approved Ukraine security assistance remained one of the day’s most damaging facts. On January 23, the Senate impeachment trial kept highlighting the aid freeze as House managers pressed the argument that the White House used taxpayer money as leverage in a political campaign pressure operation.…
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