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Situation. >> i dont think there is any question they were trying to cover up their rear end on an action that there were a lot of questions in their mind about the legality of suddenly holding up $400 million in military aid to the ukraine. they were basically trying to backfill and see if they could find any kind of legal justification. >> reporter: publicly mulvaney claimed while they reviewed how much is doanity aed by allies. >> we researched other countrys aid and they do give money and on...

Months after the hold had been put in place. sandy also testified that he believed t lt the agency in part because of the concerns the way the security assistance was handled. a senior administration official denied that two staffers who left during that time did so because of the ukraine issue. and there are concerns at the office of management and budget and other agencies and mark sandy testified that he was concerned that holding back the aid may have been illegal. >> sara murray, thank you ...

"mark sandy is a dedicated crew public servant who came to the basement bunker to answer other alt why there was a hold on the usa it to the ukraine. he said the definitive answer was entirely about the presidents desire for other countries to contribute more." thus no quid pro quo appeared over on capitol hill, the judiciary committee is giving the white house until sunday at 6:00 p.m. to answer his questions about the administrations possible participation in the upcoming hearings on the hill,...

Re appealed the ruling today. the president tweeting "i wouov perry, mick mulvaney, and many others testify about the phony impeachment hoax future presidents comi and today pompeo was asked whether he is considering testifying. >> when the time is right, all good things happen >> i think mike pompeo would be a critical person to hear from right away, and then rick perry. >> reporter: and tonight president trump ignored shouted questions about the intensifying probe >> are you going to testify? ...

For more on this, i want to bring in the man whos been poring over the transcripts for us. nbc national political reporter. josh letterman. josh, mark sandy was one of the officials who testified behind closed doors about the role that the office of management and budget played in this $391 million. and he said some interesting things about why they did it, when they did it, and who was involved in the actual mechanics of holding back this aid. >> thats right. and lets back up to monday, ali. th...

For impeachment moving in the other direction. moving more towards the president. so i think the white house wants to find out a little bit more about what chairman nadler envisions. but right now, it seems as though theyre disinclined to do a full participation. ali. >> hans, thank you. hans nichols for us at the white house. and "the new york times" piece wasnt the only damning revelation. new testimony transcripts from an office of management and budget official, mark sandy, reveals how inten...

At omb because of the prospect that what the president ordered the holding up of those funds, could have been illegal. as "the washington post" notes tonight although current and former government officials have testified that they were alarmed about the white houses decision to with hold the money from ukraine, quote, mark sandys testimony is the first public confirmation that the dispute over handling the ukraine aid became so intense at omb it contributed to resignations from the agency. and,...

Mark sandy testified it was not until around september 9th, and its days before the money was ultimately released, that he was told that the reason for the initial hold was because of president trumps desire to see other countries contribute more aid to ukraine. during that leadup time, sandy added that two career officials at the white house resigned surrounding, quote, their frustrations of the aid. and a top state department official described a frantic but unsuccessful effort among senior ...

Request for investigations. >> it makes that discussion morrell va more relevant. when you tell somebody there is no quid pro quo, you know theyre looking for it. julian, thank you for your reporting. we know even more crucial information about the timeline of the withheld ukraine aid thanks to the latest deposition that was released by the house. this was from mark sandy. hes an official office of budget management. mick mulvaney ahead of the office of management and budget, on july 25th, an im...

Punctuation. and weve also learned through the release of the depositions and transcripts from witnesses who appeared behind the scenes that a top budget official, a career employee, not a political employee, mark sandy testified that at the office of management and budget, he believes there were two officials, staffers there, who were not named, who left their jobs after expressing frustration over the hold of military aid for ukraine that had been passed by congress, but held up by the preside...