Posted on 01/16/2020 7:57:13 AM PST by Swordmaker
The Trump administration violated the law by withholding appropriated security assistance to Ukraine, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday in a report.
The independent watchdog said the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) withheld the appropriated funds last summer.
The report said U.S. law “does not permit the president to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law.”
“Therefore, we conclude that OMB violated the [Impound Control Act],” GAO said.
The withholding of the aid is central to the ongoing impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
--This breaking news report will be updated.
Withholding aid? What aid was withheld? As I understand the Ukraine got all the aid that was approved by congress.
There was no official budget in those years. Loophole.
GAO argued that the funds were improperly delayed. If the White House had submitted an notification to Congress, that would have been in compliance with the law. But the WH argued that it was a programmatic delay, and the GAO disagreed with that line of reasoning.
The current Comptroller General is Eugene Louis Dodaro, who became Comptroller General on December 22, 2010. He was preceded by David M. Walker. On February 15, 2008, David Walker, then Comptroller General, announced that he was resigning from GAO to head The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Eugene Louis Dodaro became Acting Comptroller General of the United States on March 13, 2008, and was subsequently appointed by President Barack Obama on September 22, 2010, and confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, as the Comptroller General. Dodaro was sworn in as Comptroller General at a ceremony at the GAO on December 30, 2010. He will serve a 15 year term.
The GAO is responsible for making decisions on possible violations of the Impoundment Control Act.
So you swallow the swamp water being pushed by Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler. . . Now we know who you are. Thanks for baring your foul stench. . .
We need the names of the GAO people on this report.
GAO does whatever Congress tells it to. Remember they were the ones who scored ObamaCare. When they didn’t come out with the right results they were told to go back and score it again.
It's bovine scat because, as others pointed out, it was still dispersed even if it wasn't immediate. Looks like the GAO has been infected with Swamp Fever too.
Notice how we have to wait two years for a report. But these guys can do it in three months. But to look at what they are saying, if the president does anything not line the law he is breaking the law. The constitution gives him sole authority in matters of state. So its very odd that the President has no leeway whatsoever in how he carries out laws. Thats a standard no President has ever met. Nor has any judge ruled that way.
Oh no? How about DACA, gays in the military, fast & furious, Paris climate accord, etc. And since when does the GOA have police powers?
Amen
PT’s support is going up.
They can say whatever they want, but it still does not change the facts. 8>)
True as their predictions only come true 50% of the time. Meaning a monkey can be just as accurate:-)
“Means nothing”
Means nothing to us. It means something to the GOP Senate, many of these bastards just want enough cover to destroy Trump. The GAO just handed Mitt and his little band of rinos enough to get the witness train down the tracks after Bolton rejuvenated the motion last week.
The GAO does not “interpret law”, only courts “interpret law”
... and what about sanctuary cities??!!
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