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- A White House review of President Donald Trump's hold on military aid to Ukraine reportedly found hundreds of documents that detail efforts among senior officials to come up with a reason for the hold after it was issued.
- The Washington Post reported that emails between acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and White House budget officials searching for legal backing for Trump withholding the funds.
- The White House Counsel's Office is concerned that documents surfaced in their research include "unflattering" conversations and facts that could present some political and optics challenges for the president, according to the Post.
- Trump has acknowledged ordering the hold and asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rival, but has said there was no quid pro quo, or conditions, for the aid.
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A White House review of President Donald Trump's hold on nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine reportedly found hundreds of documents that detail efforts among senior officials to come up with a reason for the hold after it was issued.
The Washington Post reported that the confidential probe came alongside the impeachment inquiry against Trump and details emails between acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and White House budget officials searching for a legal backing for Trump withholding the funds, according to three people familiar with the records. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Extremists turned a frog meme into a hate symbol, but Hong Kong protesters revived it as an emblem of hope See Also: SEE ALSO: Everyone who has testified in the public hearings on the possible impeachment of Donald Trump
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