The pressure on Trump from Ukraine's allies in America is increasing" - political scientist Abbas Galiamov "Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee presented a report according to which the administration prevented or tried to divert almost 400 million dollars allocated by Congress to support Ukraine and Europe. Another more than 300 million intended to deal with Russia in Europe and Central Asia, according to the authors of the report, was never used before the expiration of the corresponding budgetary powers. What is important here is that in the United States the President cannot, at his discretion, overrule decisions of Congress on spending budget funds. The constitution gives power over the public purse to legislators. If Congress has appropriated money for a particular purpose, the President cannot simply refuse to spend it. Thus, the dispute moves to a completely different level. It's one thing to accuse Trump of writing something nasty about Zelensky on social media, and quite another to raise the question of whether the president is breaking the law by trying to independently change the policy approved by Congress." Read in full on the Echo website.