Omb new memo on delaying ukrainian aid pdf. In the memo to gao which works for congress the omb begins by explaining that it often holds up. Fmf aid comes in the. The white house office of management and budget omb asserts in a new legal memo that aid to ukraine was withheld to review if the country complied with us.
The white house office of management and budget omb released a new legal memo on wednesday indicating that the trump administrations decision to temporarily hold military assistance to ukraine was a routine practice and that the administration was reviewing whether ukraine complied with us. Omb places a verbal hold on 3915 million in ukraine aid including the 250 million in security assistance and 1415 million in foreign military financing funds. Omb general counsel mark paoletta wrote the memo to respond to a request from the u.
Yet the memo fills in some of the factual gaps in the account of what happened. The gao letter. Policy not as a political move to.
The washington post reported the existence of the memorandum and published it on thursday morning. The memo indicated that the decision to withhold the aid hellip. White house budget office asserts in a new legal memo that delaying ukraine aid was only routine.
Ukraine aid delay was consistent with law past practice. It was largely overlooked in in favor of the days lengthy impeachment debate in the house judiciary committee. 25 for ombs views on the withholding of the funds.
The white house budget office released a memo wednesday explaining that the delay of military aid to ukraine was not political but due to an examination of whether it complied with us. For decades omb has routinely used its apportionment authority to prevent funds from being used omb general counsel mark paoletta wrote according to the post.