White House tried to justify blocking Ukraine aid after the fact, emails show

A review of the White House’s decision to block aid to Ukraine revealed that staff sent hundreds of emails attempting to justify the decision after the impeachment process started.

The White House Counsel’s Office launched an investigation into the decision to temporarily withhold military aid to Ukraine after the House announced its impeachment plans. Emails recovered in the probe show that chief of staff Mick Mulvaney had email exchanges in August in which he tried to sort out a justification to withhold the aid, according to a Sunday report from the Washington Post.