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On Ukraine Aid, 'Nothing to See Here': Diplomats Urged to Play Down Funds' Release
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/world/europe/ukraine-trump.html
A series of internal State Department emails reflect diplomats’ frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved.
By Lara Jakes
Oct. 9, 2019
Updated 12:43 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — American diplomats who had pushed for the Trump administration to restore security funding to Ukraine were advised by the White House to play down the release of the money when it was finally approved, documents show.
“Keep moving, people, nothing to see here …” Brad Freden, the State Department’s acting deputy assistant secretary overseeing issues in Europe and Eurasia, wrote in a Sept. 12 email obtained by The New York Times.
He said the National Security Council would not publicly announce that $141 million in State Department assistance was being restored after being held up in what the White House described as a normal review.
The money is now at the heart of an impeachment inquiry by House Democrats into whether President Trump withheld a total of $391 million in funding as he sought damaging information on his political opponents from Ukraine’s newly-elected leader.
A series of previously unreported internal State Department emails reflect diplomats’ frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved.
An email obtained by The New York Times among U.S. diplomats discussed the aid to Ukraine. The Times has redacted some of the names and contact information of others included on the message.
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A series of internal State Department emails reflect diplomats’ frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved.
By Lara Jakes
Oct. 9, 2019
Updated 12:43 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — American diplomats who had pushed for the Trump administration to restore security funding to Ukraine were advised by the White House to play down the release of the money when it was finally approved, documents show.
“Keep moving, people, nothing to see here …” Brad Freden, the State Department’s acting deputy assistant secretary overseeing issues in Europe and Eurasia, wrote in a Sept. 12 email obtained by The New York Times.
He said the National Security Council would not publicly announce that $141 million in State Department assistance was being restored after being held up in what the White House described as a normal review.
The money is now at the heart of an impeachment inquiry by House Democrats into whether President Trump withheld a total of $391 million in funding as he sought damaging information on his political opponents from Ukraine’s newly-elected leader.
A series of previously unreported internal State Department emails reflect diplomats’ frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved.
An email obtained by The New York Times among U.S. diplomats discussed the aid to Ukraine. The Times has redacted some of the names and contact information of others included on the message.
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The depth of corruption in this is astounding!
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