“The look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation,” Mr. Mulvaney said. If the White House was withholding aid for that reason, “that is news to us,” the official said. Mr. Mulvaney had been tasked by Mr. Trump with halting that aid. The Europeans are “really, really stingy when it comes to lethal aid,” Mr. Mulvaney said. He said he asked the president: “What do you want from Ukraine?” Mr. Trump responded, “Nothing.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 17, 2019 18:56 UTC