Where in the Congressional Budget is there a date set to disperse funds to the Ukraine?
Law is “end of the fiscal year” not “immediately”
Seems there was an operating principle of “start spending ASAP, with delays never exceeding 45 days”. Doing so absolutely assures compliance with law, without legal wrangling about exactly where the line is.
Trump recognizes there is exact meaning of law, and leverages it. Those who know the rules are more likely to win; those who don’t, don’t. Bureaucrats got scared when he started pushing limits.
Takes time to spend hundreds of millions of dollars, so people understandably got nervous when delays were prolonged. Indeed, when this particular spending did commence, about half of it was un-spent when EOY arrived ... but Congress had already, as appropriate, extended the deadline which was properly met.
THERE IS NO LEGAL VIOLATION. The delays were unusual, and the explanations odd, but there was no violation of law.