Transcripts for CNN New Day With Alisyn Camerota and John Be

CNN New Day With Alisyn Camerota and John Berman December 12, 2019 13:04:00

manu we'll get back to you. we're also now hearing from one of the key figures in the impeachment inquiry. the office of management and budget. cnn's senior white house correspondent pamela brown is joining us. tell us what you're learning on this front. >> wolf, we've learned omb created a legal memo this month trying to justify why it was holding the military aid to ukraine saying it was a policy process not a political process to block congress' approval of those funds. here's what the memo says. quote, it was omb's understanding that a brief period was needed prior to the funds expiring to engage in a policy process regarding those funds. omb took appropriate action in light of a pending policy process to ensure the funds were not obligated prematurely in a manner that could conflict with the president's foreign policy. there's been a number of reason yes those funds were held up. this provides a window into omb's legal explanation for that hold-up. the hold-up is part of this debate on the floor as part of this mark-up.

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