GAO says Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a legal opinion on Thursday saying that President Trump's administration broke the law by withholding defense aid to Ukraine — the issue at the heart of the president's impeachment trial.

That money, $214 million which had been allocated to the Department of Defense for security assistance, was appropriated by Congress and therefore the administration did not have the right to hold it back just because it disagreed with its allocation, the opinion from the nonpartisan government watchdog said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gao-says-trump-admin-broke-law-ukraine
 
GAO opinion is retarded, the money had to be released by the end of fiscal year 2019 -as it was
 
The opinion raised further constitutional concerns about the lack of cooperation from the Trump and his executive branch officials with the GAO's investigation. The opinion's conclusion panned "a reluctance to provide a fulsome response," on the part of the OMB and the State Department, which the opinion's author, GAO General Counsel Thomas H. Armstrong, said interfered with the GAO's oversight role on behalf of Congress.
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butt hurt counsel
 
guno said:
GAO says Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a legal opinion on Thursday saying that President Trump's administration broke the law by withholding defense aid to Ukraine — the issue at the heart of the president's impeachment trial.

That money, $214 million which had been allocated to the Department of Defense for security assistance, was appropriated by Congress and therefore the administration did not have the right to hold it back just because it disagreed with its allocation, the opinion from the nonpartisan government watchdog said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gao-says-trump-admin-broke-law-ukraine
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Fortunately, we now have a president genuinely committed to supporting Ukraine, does not think Putin is a genius, and does not take Putin's word over American intelligence services.
 
dukkha said:
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Your president threatened to withhold the aid and tried to extort them.

The fact that the law forced Trump's hands to ultimately deliver the aid changes nothing about the mindset and disposition of Trump -- which was set on hostility for Ukraine, and attempting to undermine them.

If you wanted to support the British in defeating the Nazis in WW2, would you choose a president who hated the British to be in charge?
 
Cypress said:
GAO said Trump violated the law.
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already answered. the law was the money has to be given out by end of fiscal year- GAO is incorrect
Impeachment also shows no quid pro quo

why are you so desperate to bring this up again?
Impeachment wasn't enough for you?
 
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