Oct 04 Read former special envoy Volker’s full prepared testimony on Trump-Ukraine controversy By Yasmeen Alamiri, Nick Schifrin According to a copy of the testimony Volker gave to a closed-door meeting of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and members of the Intelligence and Oversight Committees, released to PBS NewsHour by someone who had seen it, Volker said… Continue reading
Oct 04 Read U.S. diplomats’ text messages discussing Trump’s Ukraine request In the texts, Volker and two other diplomats discuss how to navigate Trump’s requests for Ukraine to investigate his political rival. Continue reading
Oct 04 Text messages show diplomats pushed Ukraine to investigate and dangled Trump visit By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The pages lay out the raw contours of a potential quid-pro-quo exchange — Trump gets his political investigation of a top Democratic rival in return for some price to be paid by the new Ukraine leader. Continue reading
Oct 03 Diplomat at center of Trump impeachment inquiry says he warned Ukraine By Eric Tucker, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The former special U.S. envoy to Ukraine told lawmakers Thursday that he wasn’t personally involved in President Donald Trump’s effort to have that country’s leaders investigate Joe Biden’s family and said he warned Ukrainians to steer clear of American politics. Continue reading
Sep 28 US official: Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine has resigned By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation, according to a… Continue reading