The Pentagon was also asked to keep the request on the down low, which is totally an ask people make when everything’s above board
a senior budget official with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, emailed Pentagon comptrollerand others at 11:04 a.m. on July 25—about an hour and a half after Trump’s call with Zelenksy—asking them to “hold off” on sending aid to Ukraine. During the phone call, Zelensky mentioned getting anti-tank missiles from the United States, at which point the president responded that he needed a favor and immediately proceeded to lay out why the Bidens were supposedly corrupt.
While the White House has insisted that Duffey’s request—and the note to keep it on the down low—were much ado about nothing, documentsThe emails also show that some Pentagon officials were concerned that withholding the aid from Ukraine, which relied on the money to defend itself against Russian aggression, was ill-advised policy and potentially unlawful.
Sandy was removed from his position and replaced by Duffey, who proceeded to sign documents implementing the hold on aid during the summer.
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