GAO concluded that OMB withheld Ukraine security assistance for a policy reason and violated the Impoundment Control Act.
- Date
- 2020-01-16
- Entry type
- foreign assistance impoundment
- Evidence status
- ruled unlawful
- Current status
- GAO's appropriations-law decision remains published; it was not a criminal judgment.
- Sources
- 1
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