The White House did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Freezing fundsThe top diplomat to Ukraine, William B. Taylor, Jr., testified this week that he was alarmed by the decision to withold aid to Ukraine. Bipartisan groups of lawmakers began peppering the White House with letters pressing Trump to lift the hold on the funds. That same week, Mulvaney and other top White House officials first learned about the whistleblower complaint. While White House lawyers had known about the complaint for weeks, news of its existence was starting to spread within the West Wing.

Source: CNN October 25, 2019 18:00 UTC