Trump withheld Ukraine aid: White House

By Jeff Mason and Karen Freifeld
Updated October 18 2019 - 7:18am, first published 7:14am
US diplomat Gordon Sondland thought it was wrong that Rudy Giuliani was involved in Ukraine policy.
US diplomat Gordon Sondland thought it was wrong that Rudy Giuliani was involved in Ukraine policy.

A senior White House official has acknowledged that President Donald Trump held up $US391 million ($A573 million) in military aid to Ukraine in part to pressure the Ukrainians to look into an allegation about the 2016 US presidential election that has been debunked as a conspiracy theory.

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