Volker said he would leave after disclosures that he had connected Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani with Ukrainian officials to investigate Joe Biden, the official says.
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The White House released notes of a call between President Trump and Ukraine’s leader. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will open an impeachment inquiry. Giuliani has said he was in frequent contact with Volker about his efforts. The State Department had no immediate comment on his resignation and has said only that Volker put Giuliani in touch with an aide to Ukraine’s president.
Pompeo said Thursday that as far as he knew, all State Department employees had acted appropriately in dealing with Ukraine.Volker was brought into the Trump administration by former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to serve as envoy for Ukraine. He worked in a volunteer capacity and had retained his job as head of the John McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University. Arizona State’s student newspaper was the first to report his resignation.
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