Trump Budget Chief Doesn’t Expect Another Freeze on Ukraine Aid

Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought in a file photograph in Washington. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

The acting chief of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said he doesn’t expect the Trump administration to place another hold on congressionally approved aid to Ukraine.

“I don’t anticipate anything on that front,” Ross Vought told reporters Feb. 12 in Washington after a House of Representatives budget hearing.