WASHINGTON -- The former State Department special envoy for Ukraine told congressional investigators that Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, demanded that Ukraine specifically commit to investigate involvement in the 2016 election and a firm tied to former Vice President Joe
WASHINGTON — The former State Department special envoy for Ukraine told congressional investigators that Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, demanded that Ukraine specifically commit to investigate involvement in the 2016 election and a firm tied to former Vice President Joe Biden.
But Burisma was the Ukrainian energy company on whose board Biden’s son Hunter Biden served for $50,000 a month, and the Ukrainians clearly understood that Giuliani’s interest in an investigation into the firm was aimed at finding damaging information about the former vice president, who had led dealings with Ukraine while in office.
Volker also plans to resign Friday as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, a Washington-based research group affiliated with Arizona State University. The institute leadership has privately expressed discontent with his twin roles, complaining that he was not as forthcoming as they wished, and pressured Volker to step down.
Volker sought in his testimony to distance himself from the pressure campaign by the president and Giuliani. “At no time was I aware of or took part in an effort to urge Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Biden,” he told investigators.
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