Amid controversy, Kurt Volker, Trump's envoy to Ukraine, resigns - Reuters
A whistleblower complaint from within the intelligence community, released publicly on Thursday, described Volker as trying to "contain the damage" from efforts by Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani to press Ukraine to investigate Democrats.
Volker, who had served in the position on a part-time, unpaid basis since 2017, had sought to help Ukraine's government resolve its confrontation with Russia-sponsored separatists. Kurt Volker, US Department Special Representative for Ukraine speaks during a press conference about US-Ukrainian relations in Kiev. The US delegation headed by the Special Representative of the United States Department of State for Ukraine, Kurt Volker on a working visit to the village of Stanytsia Luhanska in Luhansk region East of Ukraine.
Volker, who had served in the position on a part-time, unpaid basis since 2017, had sought to help Ukraine's government resolve its confrontation with Russia-sponsored separatists.Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, who are conducting an impeachment investigation of Trump, have relating to a July 25 phone call in which Trump encouraged Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Biden, a political rival., which backs a think tank where Volker serves as executive director.
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