Former US envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker will testify in the House's impeachment inquiry on Thursday, two committee aides tell NBCNews.
said that the day after Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and urged him to investigate Joe Biden, Volker traveled to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to meet Zelinskiy.NBC News has reportedYovanovitch, who'd criticized Ukraine's top prosecutor for being too soft on corruption, was abruptly moved out of her post as Ukraine ambassador in May and recalled to Washington.
on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had pushed back against Democrats' request to interview five current and former State Department employees, including Yovanovitch and Volker. "I am concerned with aspects of your request … that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully, and treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the Department of State," Pompeo wrote.Haley Talbot
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