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Justify president trump's actions after the hold was in place. there was a debate involving mick mulvaney, about whether the delay was legal. it's not clear if these records pose legal problems for trump but they could be embarrassing. let's get more from jeremy diamond at the white house. >> reporter: the white house has been conducting an internal review of president trump's decision last summer to withhold nearly $400 million in security aid to ukraine. according to "the washington post," that review is turning up hundreds of documents to suggest that white house officials and officials in ...

Aid to ukraine. according to "the washington post," that review is turning up hundreds of documents to suggest that white house officials and officials in the office of management and budget, were trying to draw up a legal justification for that move after the fact. this was another instance of a scramble by officials to catch up with another one of president trump's decisions. the office of management and budget, though, is denying that anything improper took place. here's a statement from a spokeswoman for the office of management and budget, rachel semmel. she said, to be clear, there was a...

Case leads to the firing of the navy's top civilian. back to you guys. >> that's extraordinary, ryan. thank you for that. now, to the impeachment front. a confidential review of the freeze of military to ukraine, has uncovered hundreds of documents, revealing efforts to justify president trump's actions after the hold was in place. there was a debate involving mick mulvaney, about whether the delay was legal. it's not clear if these records pose legal problems for trump but they could be embarrassing. let's get more from jeremy diamond at the white house. >> reporter: the white house has bee...

Problematic. >> right. and i think this is an important point about the clarity behind what the quid pro quo was about. when he first came out and testified was there a quid pro quo, yes. i think those were his exact words. that's been an important headline. but he wasn't talking about the security aid which is really, at this point, at the heart of the impeachment. that wasn't made clear in the recordings. once we get to the part about the security aid further into the testimony, further into the day, everyone's turned the channel to something else. that's when he talked about nobody ever tol...

Embarrass the president. joining me, jeremy diamond. any reaction? >> reporter: we do not have a reaction from the white house. we've reached out for comment from the press office as well as the office of management and budget. we do have a statement in this "washington post" report from a spokeswoman where she says there was a legal consensus at every step of the way that the money could be withheld to conduct a policy review. she also notes that the omb works closely with agencies on executing the budget. what this report reveals now which is a really interesting and crucial to better unders...