The Latest: Ex-aide says Trump persuaded to release money
(WorldNews Politics)

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and House impeachment investigation (all times local): 7 p.m. A former national security aide to President Donald Trump has given lawmakers a new account of how military aid to Ukraine came to be released. In a transcript released Saturday, Tim Morrison describes a Sept. 11 meeting at which Vice President Mike Pence and Ohio Sen. Rob Portman pressed Trump to free up the money. Morrison said Pence and Portman `convinced the president that the aid should be disbursed immediately,` and that it was `the appropriate and prudent thing to do.` Morrison was briefed about the meeting but did not attend. The Oval Office meeting came only a few...