has been filled in with these details. august 12th. that was the day the whistle blower filed their complaint at its core, was that infamous call two-and-a-half weeks prior on july 25th when the president s asked president zelensky of ukraine for a favor and for investigations into the bidens in the 2016 election. later in august, the time s now reports the president was briefed by white house lawyers about the complaint. the lawyers told him they were trying to figure out whether legally they needed to give it to congress. where we now know it did end up, then there is the other argument from republicans, the president was just concerned that other countries, except for the united states, weren t contributing enough, that the u.s. was giving too much to ukraine. but according to just released testimony from mark sandy, who is the official in the office of management and budget who first signed off, it wasn t until early september that question of contributions came up. we know on sept
quid pro quo an because he s been caught, has to release the aid. reporter: as the aid was held up over the summer two officials in the office of management and budget resigned, testimony just released showing they expressed concerns about the hold although an administration officials disputes that s the reason they left. another official understood cuts late white house argument that aid was held because other countries weren t contributing enough. and questioning the legality of the hold, telling lawmakers he wasn t given that argument until early september two months after he was told to halt the ukraine funding by mick mulvaney. i have news for everybody, get over it. there will be right before the president released the money he assisted gordon sondland on a call there was no quid pro quo. trump did tell sondland he