NEW: White House officials requested that aid to Ukraine be held within 90 minutes of Pres. Trump's phone call with Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskiy, according to newly obtained documents by publicintegrity.
"The president has asked about this funding release," Duffey emailed DoD deputy comptroller Elaine McCusker on June 19, just one day after DoD first publicly announced the funding. Duffey included a link to a news article about the announcement, suggesting it was the source of the president's renewed interest."I have been tasked to follow-up with someone over there to get more details," Duffey continues.
President Donald Trump speaks before signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Dec. 20, 2019, before traveling to Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Fla.a similar exchange in his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee."I heard the president had seen a media report, and he had questions about the assistance," Sandy told the committee. He testified it was Duffey who first communicated the president's concerns to him on June 19.
The emails released Friday echo those concerns among OMB officials right after the July 25 call and reveal an almost immediate effort to involve legal counsel in the process. This effort could be seen as a violation of the Impoundment Control Act-- a law which states that Congress must be alerted and approve of any shift in funds they have already appropriated-- if the intention was to keep the information"closely held" from Congress, according to Public Integrity.
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