The chairmen cited media reports as saying that days before his call with Zelensky, Trump ordered Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to put U.S. military aid to Ukraine on hold, and that Mulvaney conveyed the order "through the budget office to the Pentagon and the State Department, which were told only that the administration was looking at whether the spending was necessary."
"The enclosed subpoena demands documents that are necessary for the Committees to examine this sequence of these events and the reasons behind the White House's decision to withhold critical military assistance to Ukraine," the chairmen wrote.
The Trump administration eventually disbursed the aid money -- worth almost 400 million U.S. dollars -- to Kiev on Sept. 11. Trump said on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September that the reason for the suspension was because European nations did not pay their fair share to help Ukraine defend its national security.
The three committees have also subpoenaed Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the White House. They have asked Vice President Mike Pence for Ukraine-related documents as well.
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