Not just Guliani in the Ukraine but also inside the White House here’s a terrible example of politics corrupting people:
“ The Office of Management and Budget has served as Mulvaney’s biggest bulwark, because it played a key role in blocking nearly $400 million in security aide to Ukraine over the summer. The OMB is led by a close Mulvaney ally, acting director Russell Vought, who has refused to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, as have other political appointees at the agency. But the increasingly political nature of the OMB has rattled a number of high-level career staffers, and several have resigned in the past year, including one who announced his departure in the midst of the turmoil this summer.
Employees at the normally under-the-radar budget agency watched in dismay as political appointees at the OMB took the highly unusual step of overruling the concerns of career staff to hold up the Ukraine military aid, according to multiple former agency officials who remain in touch with current employees and spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect career staffers.
“Everyone was freaked out because it so violated the norms of OMB,” said one former longtime career employee, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. The impeachment inquiry now threatens to ensnare career staffers at OMB, one of whom, Mark Sandy, was called to testify Friday but failed to appear. A series of State Department and National Security witnesses have told impeachment investigators that the aid was held up as part of a quid pro quo to get Ukraine to announce investigations, including of Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden, but OMB staffers could fill in key details of what took place.”
THIS IS WHY THE BLOCKED TESTIMONY WILL APPROPRIATELY FORM AN OBSTRUCTION COUNT
AND THE GOP WILL BE IN THE ABSURD POSITION OF SAYING THE ABOVE IS OKAY
