NEW:
GAO finds Trump Admin violated the law in withholding Ukraine assistance
h/t @KenDilanianNBC
gao.gov/assets/710/703…
GAO finds Trump Admin violated the law in withholding Ukraine assistance
h/t @KenDilanianNBC
gao.gov/assets/710/703…
@KenDilanianNBC "we conclude that OMB withheld the funds from obligation for an (Page 2 B-331564) unauthorized reason in violation of the ICA.1 See 2 U.S.C. § 684.
We also question actions regarding funds appropriated to the Department of State (State) for security assistance to Ukraine.”
We also question actions regarding funds appropriated to the Department of State (State) for security assistance to Ukraine.”
@KenDilanianNBC “The Constitution grants (POTUS) no unilateral authority to withhold funds from obligation. .. Instead, Congress has vested the President w strictly circumscribed authority to impound, or withhold, budget authority only in limited circumstances as expressly provided in the ICA.”
@KenDilanianNBC “Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law.”
