The White House -- OMB specifically -- appears to have lied to GAO when they told them that no one at the Pentagon general counsel's office had expressed concerns about the legality of the president blocking aid to Ukraine.

The White House -- OMB specifically -- appears to have lied to GAO when they told them that no one at the Pentagon general counsel's office had expressed concerns about the legality of the president blocking aid to Ukraine.https://t.co/ermqQV810D

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 11, 2020

DOD general counsel *did* express concerns about it, and OMB officials discussed those concerns with them by email.

OMB's top lawyer redacted all those discussions when emails were released to the public, and then told GAO the discussions never happened.https://t.co/ermqQV810D

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 11, 2020