Despite Rudy Giuliani having little conceivable role in the federal budgeting process, President Trump argued today there was nothing untoward about Giuliani’s contact with OMB
President Donald Trump on Wednesday downplayed his personal attorney’s multiple phone conversations with someone in the Office of Management and Budget, dismissing records made public Tuesday as “no big deal.”
Speaking with reporters during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump was asked about the series of calls in August, which were disclosed in phone records obtained for the House Intelligence Committee’sBut despite Giuliani having little conceivable role in the federal budgeting process, Trump argued Wednesday there was nothing untoward about Giuliani’s contact with OMB.
Records show that on Aug. 8, as nearly $400 million in military assistance for Ukraine was being held up and several U.S. officials were urging Ukrainian officials to publicly announce investigations that could be politically advantageous to Trump, Giuliani received a phone call from someone using a phone number associated with the White House budget office.
OMB is one of a handful of federal agencies ensnared in the impeachment proceedings, with several congressional witnesses testifying that beginning in July, if not sooner, Trump and his aides directed the budget office to withhold the military aid for Ukraine.
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