Kurt Volker: Diplomat never 'fully on the Trump train' set to appear as first witness in Ukraine probe

A GOP foreign policy expert who was seen in the White House as not fully 'on the Trump train,' Kurt Volker is now at the center of the impeachment inquiry examining allegations Trump deployed the machinery of state in a vendetta to target political rivals

Washington Former US Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker appears Thursday before three congressional committees -- the first official to testify on explosive whistleblower charges that President Donald Trump tried to pressure Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden, an effort the White House then worked to cover up.

A longtime Republican foreign policy expert who was seen in the White House as not fully"on the Trump train," Volker is now at the center of the impeachment inquiry examining allegations Trump deployed the machinery of state in a vendetta to target political rivals. Volker's testimony, analysts say, could be damaging to the President and his allies.

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