Budget Officials Laid Groundwork to Freeze Ukraine Aid

“Officials at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget were laying the groundwork to freeze military aid to Ukraine the night before President Trump’s controversial phone call with the Ukrainian President, newly released, heavily redacted emails show,” CNN reports.

“On the evening of July 24, the night before the call, OMB officials shared a ‘Ukraine Prep Memo’ with Michael Duffey — the office’s associate director of national security programs, a political appointee and the budget official who would play a direct role in carrying out Trump’s funding freeze.”