those who need to know to execute direction. pointing out that omb had previously notified the agencies the aid would be withheld. the emails are being released only now because a judge ordered them turned over to the center for public integrity in response to a freedom of information act lawsuit. we already knew the time line of the withholding the aid. the security assistance was first ordered held in early july and agencies were notified on july 18th. then the aid order was formally sent on july 25th, the day of the president s call. what we ve learned from the new emails is the two actions occurred roughly 90 minlz apart. the president got off the phone with zelensky at 9:33 and duffey sent the email ordering the aid to be held at 11:4. the greater context of the email is unknown because he defied a subpoena. the question will now be forced into the senate as to whether to pursue duffey s testimony. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has not signaled he
3:00 a.m. here in atlanta. we appreciate you joining us. our top story, the u.s. senate democratic leader is again pushing for white house officials to testify in the impeachment trial of president donald trump. this comes after newly released documents show that white house official mike duffey emailed other officials to freeze aid to ukraine just 90 minutes after mr. trump s july phone call with ukraine s leader. chuck schumer says the email demonstrates why administration officials need to testify. until we hear from the witnesses, until we get the documents, the american people will correctly assume that those blocking their testimony were aiding and abetting a cover-up plain and simple. so i ll close by saying this. president trump, release the emails.
his ukrainian counterpart back in july. shortly after that call, duffey sent an email telling officials, hold off sending aid. a democratic senator says he believes there are gaps in the impeachment case against the president. doug jones, one of the more moderate members of his party, says those gaps were caused by mr. trump s refusal to let officials testify. jones says he s keeping an open mind when the impeachment trial begins. i think these are really serious allegations. i m trying to see if the dots get connected. if that is the case, then i think it s a serious matter. i think an impeachable matter. but if those dots aren t connected and there are other explanations that i think are consistent with innocence, i will go that way too. what i really want to see, though, is to fill in the gaps. there are gaps. now, people can make up their mind with gaps in testimony, but i would like to see a full and complete picture.
chiropracto democrats case to call witnesses? right now they re down playing the revelatory level of these saying it s misleading to connect the phone calls to the phone call president trump had with the president of ukraine. nonetheless the omb spokesperson noted that the hold on aid to ukraine was announced a week before that phone call. july 18th during an interagency meeting. while it s true some were notified of the attempt to suspend only sof that assistance to ukraine, this was the first official action that was taken to notify the pentagon they needed to sit on those millions of dollars of funds to ukraine. the person who wrote that email as you mentioned, mike duffey is someone that senate democrats are interested in talking to if and when the senate trial starts. they also want to see documents so the fact that these emails are coming out now after the house has already completed its inquiry bolsters democrats argument that there is still
afghanistan s election. whatever another term for ashraf ghani could mean for the war and peace talks with the taliban. 2:00 a.m. here in atlanta, ja. thanks so much for joining us. our top story, the u.s. senate democratic leader is again pushing for white house officials to testify in the impeachment trial of president trump. this comes after newly released documents show that white house official mike duffey emailed other officials to freeze aid to ukraine just 90 minutes after mr. trump s july phone call with ukraine s leader. chuck schumer says the email demonstrates why administration officials need to testify. until we hear from the witnesses, until we get the