FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
Earlier on Thursday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a top government watchdog, said the Trump administration violated the law by withholding congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine last summer "for a policy reason".
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) withheld some 214 million U.S. dollars in funds appropriated by Congress to the Defense Department for security assistance to Ukraine "for a policy reason, which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act," the GAO said in a report.
"The withholding was not a programmatic delay. Therefore, we conclude that OMB violated the ICA," the watchdog concluded.
One day earlier, Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, told MSNBC of the role he played in the Ukraine pressure campaign, claiming "President Trump knew exactly what was going on. He was aware of all my movements."
In response, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Thursday morning: "These allegations are being made by a man who is currently out on bail for federal crimes and is desperate to reduce his exposure to prison."
"The facts haven't changed - the president did nothing wrong and this impeachment, which was manufactured and carried out by the Democrats has been a sham from the start," said Grisham.
THRESHOLD IN U.S. HISTORY
"We are here today to cross a very important threshold in American history," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday as the Democrat-run House of Representatives voted to appoint and authorize seven managers for the Trump impeachment trial and to send two impeachment articles to the Senate.
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