As the House Judiciary Committee was voting on articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, @publicintegrity received documents related to Trump’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine. Every substantive exchange between officials was blacked out. #UkraineDocs
A lengthy email exchange between Elaine McCusker, deputy comptroller at the Defense Department and Michael Duffey, a political appointee and the associate director at OMB, and OMB General Counsel Mark Paoletta was also blacked out. publicintegrity.org/national-secur… 
McCusker did email Duffey to say: “the funds go into the system today to initiate transactions and obligate,” which set off more emails from Duffey and Paoletta. The e-mails carried on to the next day when McCusker suggested they hop on a call. publicintegrity.org/national-secur…
.@PublicIntegrity CEO @Susaneaudroa: "We are deeply disappointed that the public won’t have access to this important information at the heart of the impeachment process. But we will continue to fight to ensure that the documents see the light of day." publicintegrity.org/national-secur…
So, no – this isn’t the end. We’re getting a second batch of documents on December 20th. As journalists, we demand the information that the public needs. We’re ready to take on another legal battle. publicintegrity.org/national-secur…
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