Duffey also began overseeing the process for approving and releasing funds, called apportionment, for other foreign aid and defense accounts, according to a public document indicating the change. While career civil servants put an initial hold on the aid, Michael Duffey, associate director of national security programs in OMB, was given the authority for continuing to keep the aid on hold after the career staff began raising their concerns to political officials at OMB, according to the people familiar with the matter.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month on Duffey’s role in the controversy: The lawmakers hoped Duffey would shed some more light on the delaying of military aid to Ukraine, given that his signature was on the letters reapportioning the funding.
Mike Duffey, OMB’s associate director of national security programs, was scheduled to be deposed by House Democrats on Wednesday but apparently will not appear. #shamprocess- Russ Vought October 21, 2019 As the WH letter made clear two weeks ago, OMB officials - myself and Mike Duffey - will not be complying with deposition requests this week. I saw some Fake News over the weekend to correct. She also urged House Democrats to emphasize that “no one is above the law.” Representative Cheri Bustos, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, recently wrote a memo urging her colleagues to keep their “language simple, direct and values-based” when discussing impeachment. The release of the fact sheet comes as vulnerable House Democrats who support the inquiry wrestle with how best to explain the investigation to their wary constituents. Trump, the document contends, ‘has betrayed his oath of office, betrayed our national security and betrayed the integrity of our elections for his own personal political gain.’ The citations are divided into three categories: ‘the shakedown,’ ‘the pressure campaign’ and ‘the cover up.’Īs evidence of a ‘shakedown,’ the fact sheet cites quotes from the rough transcript from Trump’s July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which it says ‘paints a damning picture of Trump abusing his office by pressing a foreign government to interfere in our 2020 elections.’ Nancy Pelosi has reportedly released a “fact sheet” for her Democratic caucus, which compiles what the House speaker considers to be the most pertinent accusations against Trump in the impeachment inquiry. 16.34 BST Pelosi reportedly releases impeachment fact sheet for House Democrats
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