The Trump administration broke the law by witholding congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine over the summer 'for a policy reason,' a top government watchdog said Thursday.
Trump had held back the funds at the same time he was pressuring Ukraine's new president to announce investigations by that country of former Vice President Joe Biden, who is the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination this year, and of Biden's son Hunter, who had served on the board of a Ukraine gas company.
The GAO report said that the Office of Management and Budget's withholding of about $214 million in funds appropriated by Congress to the Defense Department for security assistance to Ukraine was done "for a policy reason," which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act."
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