Senate Minority Leader Schumer says that documents exposed in a newly released report justify the argument by Democrats to hold a full-fledged trial in the Senate to weigh whether President Trump should be removed from office.
The documents, according to the report, reveal that on Aug. 30, after meeting with Trump, Michael Duffey, associate director of national security programs at the Office of Management and Budget, told Elaine McCusker, the acting Pentagon comptroller, in an email that there was"Clear direction from [Trump] to hold" the aid and he let her know that he’d soon be sending new paperwork extending the hold.
The new evidence, Schumer said, raises questions that he said can only be answered by four current and former Trump administration officials — Duffey, acting chief of staff, former national security adviser John Bolton and top national security aide Robert Blair. Schumer called on all four to testify under oath about the allegations in a Senate trial.
An OMB spokesperson said in a statement that,"There was agreement every step of the way between DOD and OMB lawyers, who were responsible for working out the details of the hold, in line with the President’s priorities."
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