"Since Democrats launched their impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, the president’s allies have insisted that he didn’t actually extort Ukraine because the nearly $400 million in military aid that was held up in exchange for investigations was ultimately released.
"One issue there is that the aid was only released the day after Representative Adam Schiff sent a letter concerning the existence of the whistle-blower complaint, suggesting it might’ve remained suspended if no one had said anything.
"Another problem is that internal emails show the White House scrambling to come up with an after-the-fact justification for the hold just days after the White House Counsel’s Office was informed that an anonymous CIA official had filed a complaint ... .
"Oh, and one other thing: Ukraine hasn’t actually received all the aid yet." vanityfair.com/news/2019/12/t…
