Fact-checking President Trump's defense: 'They got their money'
What’s more, Congress had to act again to ensure the American ally would get the money it had been promised.
Congress appropriated about $400 million for Ukraine to provide aid, equipment and support to the military amid its war with pro-Russian separatists. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, testified he became aware that military aid had been held up"by about July 3.", an aide from the White House Office of Management and Budget announced that there was a freeze on Ukraine aide based on a presidential order to the budget office.
Ukraine and American officials scrambled to find the source of the holdup in the weeks that followed. The president eventually released the aid suddenly on Sept. 11, days after a whistleblower complaint triggered House investigations.Congress had to pass a bill to extend the deadline in late September to ensure Ukraine would get all of it.
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