Article snippet: Two staffers for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) resigned after expressing frustrations about a hold on military assistance to Ukraine that is now at the center of the impeachment inquiry, a witness has testified. released Tuesday. Sandy recalled that one individual who resigned had "expressed some frustrations about not understanding the reason for the hold," according to the transcript, but he noted that he was "reluctant to speak to someone else's motivations." He was also asked whether the OMB legal division employee said they were leaving "at least in part because of their concerns on frustrations about the hold on Ukraine security assistance." "Yes, in terms of that process, in part," Sandy responded. The officials were not named in the transcript. A senior administration official categorized the assertion that the two officials resigned in part over the aid freeze as false in an email to The Hill. Sandy also testified that he believed MORE had directed the hold on Ukraine aid. His testimony was part of the House's impeachment inquiry into Trump's dealings with Ukraine, including the freeze on security assistance. The transcript of Sandy's closed-door interview was one of the latest released by House Democrats. They also released testimony from a closed-door session with Philip Reeker, the acting assistant secretary of State in charge of European and Eurasian Affairs. House Intelligence Committee Chairman MORE (D-N.Y.) said in a statement Tuesday... Link to the full article to read more