FACT CHECK: "Burden sharing" NEVER discussed, OMB official testified.
👉“From the beginning the president was talking about burden sharing.” (Cipolline)
Mark Sandy, the only OMB official who testified, said he'd heard NOTHING about this as a reason for the freeze until
👉“From the beginning the president was talking about burden sharing.” (Cipolline)
Mark Sandy, the only OMB official who testified, said he'd heard NOTHING about this as a reason for the freeze until
before whistleblower report made its way to Congress.
"I recall in early September an email that attributed the hold to the President's concern about other countries not contributing money to Ukraine," Sandy said, saying he was asked to "puIl together the data" on it.
"I recall in early September an email that attributed the hold to the President's concern about other countries not contributing money to Ukraine," Sandy said, saying he was asked to "puIl together the data" on it.
This is part of reporting that's been done about the scramble for an "after-the-fact" justification:
washingtonpost.com/politics/white…
washingtonpost.com/politics/white…
Also, this was Purpura, not Cipollone
