That withholding letter, which was among documents provided to the committee, was signed by a career Office of Management and Budget official, the summary states. But the next month, OMB political appointee Michael Duffey signed letters taking over the decision to withhold both the Pentagon and State Department aid to Ukraine from the career official. A hold was placed on the Ukraine aid at the beginning of July, and the agencies were notified at a July 18 meeting that it had been frozen at the direction of the President, a week before the Trump-Zelensky call. The career official who initially withheld the aid money was Mark Sandy, according to a source familiar with the matter. The documents to the House Budget Committee provide additional insight into the actions going on inside the White House's budget office to hold up the US aid to Ukraine, a key part of the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry.

Source: CNN November 26, 2019 18:07 UTC