The complaint alleges that Trump reversed a State Department and Defense Department decision to provide Ukraine $250 million in military aid without providing his national security team with a reason. While Congress had earmarked that money for Ukraine, the act authorizing that money required Ukraine “take substantial actions to make defense institutional reforms for the purposes of decreasing corruption, increasing transparency, and sustaining improvements to combat ability.” Then, two to three weeks after withholding this aid, Trump directly asked Zelensky for assistance investigating the former vice president and his family on a phone call.