Posted on 12/12/2019 9:00:35 AM PST by blueyon
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a new legal memo on Wednesday indicating that the Trump administration’s decision to temporarily hold military assistance to Ukraine was a “routine” practice and that the administration was reviewing whether Ukraine complied with U.S. policy.
The memo indicated that the decision to withhold the aid was not a political action to block Congress’ spending decisions.
“The office first began discussing the aid on June 19, the day President Trump learned of the aid from an article in the Washington Examiner and questioned the wisdom of the spending,” The Washington Post reported. “That move sent aides scrambling, according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal conversations.” “The Office of Management and Budget extended the temporary hold on the aid eight times in August and September, the last time being Sept. 10,” the Post added. “Almost immediately after that hold, the money was released, according to the new memo, which was reviewed by The Washington Post.”
OMB general counsel Mark Paoletta issued the memo as a response to a request for information on why the aid was withheld, a request that came from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
In the memo, Paoletta wrote: “For decades, OMB has routinely used its apportionment authority to prevent funds from being used
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“WE BELIEVE IN TRUTH, NOT FACTS!”............Joe Biden.........
This is helpful. I can’t wait to hear this as the headline on the MSM news tonight!!
Does. Not. Matter.
We have come to a place in time where the Democrats can say virtually anything and the media will present it as fact. As we’ve seen with CNN, anything that doesn’t fit the party narrative is ignored.
I used to wonder how the Soviets were able to completely control their state media. Now I know. It’s voluntary cooperation on the part of the media.
It starts in Joe’s guts...
Is this the testimony that Schiff will not release?
Watch for headlines such as this: "Memo proves Trump routinely withheld aid in extortion schemes."
More like...they own the major media companies. That makes it mandatory, not voluntary.
Michelle Obama Vowed to ‘Never Forgive’ Donald Trump for Questioning Husband’s Birth Certificate
Breitbart ^ | 9/11/18 | Charlie Spiering / FR Posted on 11/10/2018, 3:10:20 AM by LoicW
First Lady Michelle Obama reveals in her upcoming memoir that she vowed never to forgive President Donald Trump for questioning her husband’s birth certificate. “Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this I’d never forgive him,” she wrote in her book, according to the Washington Post.
Trump famously challenged Obama’s birth certificate until the president released a copy of his long-form document in April 2011 at a press conference. (Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this I’d never forgive him,”
If you are the First Family of the United States, how does some crackpot being wrong about your Husband pose a “threat”.
HA Yes. Good one.
Fixed it for you.
OMG now Trumps learning about policy fron reading the news? NNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!-)
Sounds like some great evidence for the Senate Trial that should basically say all charges are nonsense,
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