More than $20 million of the Pentagon aid at the center of the impeachment fight still hasn’t reached Ukraine.
On Thursday, as lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee debated articles of impeachment, Republicans on the panel continued to assert that Trump did not abuse his power because the aid was released before Ukraine’s new government announced any investigations.“They got the money on Sept. 11,” Rep. Jim Jordan said of Ukraine in the Thursday hearing. “That’s what happened. You can make up all the things you want, but those are not the facts.
When the Trump administration ultimately dropped its hold on the aid on Sept. 11, Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike had to scramble to save the money. Just days shy of the deadline, they passed — and Trump signed into law — a yearlong extension to allow the Pentagon to disburse the aid. But in late November The Times reported thatAbout $15 million has since been contracted out, leaving $20.2 million remaining in U.S. accounts, according to the Pentagon and Senate aides.
“Specifically, we needed to reach out to prospective vendors to obtain updated pricing data,” she said. “Delays in obtaining this information is impacting our overall time lines.”But Senate staffers said that law contained no such requirements for the Pentagon to essentially start over on contracts.
a good read . . backgrounder . . from Brookings Don’t rehabilitate Obama on Russia We should not slip into collective amnesia over the Obama administration’s weak and underwhelming response to Russian aggression, argue Benjamin Haddad and Alina Polyakova
How much did Rudy get?
When two elephants fight, the grass suffers.
Do like Obama. Just send them a bunch of blankets and they will be okay.
What hasn’t Zelensky now done to hold up the money now for god’s sake Give our allies the money we promised! They’re dying!!
But the other 229.8 made it over...
Trumps mad Ukraine didn’t announce dirt on Biden so he is retaliating and handing Ukraine to Putin
What the hell, we are giving Ukraine 250 million?
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Good. Waste of taxpayer money.
US Tax Dollar Expenditures Missing From Ukraine Finance Minister's Records
Not just 20. 20.2.
I would bet that most Americans agree that we should keep our own money for ourselves and use it to pay off our own debts, rather than giving it away to foreign countries. A government with $23.1 trillion dollars in debt needs to be a lot more prudent with its money.
Yawn.
cancel all aid to 3rd world corrupt sh$tholes our politicians use as honeypots and that goes for both sides of the isle
How I'm not surprised, they must be corrupted AF and they couldn't care less to cover for trumps ass ✌️😆
They’re still waiting for Obama’s.🤷♂️
When people get serious about what's real, we'll get serious. DoD Penatgon GlobalWarming ClimateChange
Maybe the 20 million would be better spent on our deficit.
You don’t give a foolish kid their whole years allowance lol at one time, it’s called common sense and wise frugal spending
We can see how the Democrats are right on top of things. impeachmentDebate
Facts matter. Full aid has not been delivered. Your arguments are discredited. GOPLeader RepDougCollins DevinNunes JudiciaryGOP
To be fair, when trump shook down Ukraine, he asked for a favor that was never fulfilled, so no investigation into a rival, no aid, simple as that.
And yet ever single republican continues to perpetuate the lies.
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