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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 05:58 PM

Star Member octoberlib (13,678 posts)

Kurt Volker, US Special Envoy has resigned







Volker was the US Ambassador to NATO under Obama.

On September 26, 2019, the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the unclassified text of the "whistle-blower complaint" regarding the interactions between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In this document, Ambassador Volker, along with US Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, were described as having "reportedly provided advice to the Ukrainian leadership about how to 'navigate' the demands that the President had made of Mr. Zelenskyy". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Volker


It's unclear if he really did anything wrong besides advising Ukraine on how to deal with a corrupt, lunatic President. His Senate testimony should be interesting.
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Reply Kurt Volker, US Special Envoy has resigned (Original post)
 octoberlib Sep 2019 OP
LineReply ...........
 bdamomma Sep 2019 #1
LineLineNew Reply In the whistleblower account it said he advised Ukraine on how to navigate Trump and his demands.
 octoberlib Sep 2019 #14
LineReply Oopsie!! Wants to spend more time with his family, no doubt.
 Claritie Pixie Sep 2019 #2
LineLineReply Spend more time with his lawyer,
 Lindsay Sep 2019 #7
LineLineNew Reply No, more time with his paid gig, as a DC lobbyist with the BGR group.
 pnwmom Sep 2019 #15
LineReply Link:
 demmiblue Sep 2019 #3
LineReply Drip, drip, drip
 mcar Sep 2019 #4
LineLineReply trickle,trickle,
 kozar Sep 2019 #6
LineReply 👏👏👏
 blm Sep 2019 #5
LineReply I'm going to need to buy more popcorn.
 llmart Sep 2019 #8
LineReply Queen should have a blast in Central Park tomorrow
 malaise Sep 2019 #9
LineNew Reply Good. He destroyed a sterling reputation by facilitating Giuliani's bullshit in Ukraine
 Arazi Sep 2019 #10
LineNew Reply Whistleblower says U.S. envoy scrambled to contain Giuliani's damage to national security
 struggle4progress Sep 2019 #11
LineLineNew Reply Yep. Could be he was advising Ukraine on how to deal with a lunatic President.
 octoberlib Sep 2019 #16
LineNew Reply Now subpoena his ass
 MagickMuffin Sep 2019 #12
LineNew Reply Oh Dear, what will Meghan do? nt
 DURHAM D Sep 2019 #13
LineNew Reply Rudee showed his phone with texts from this guy - he was all in. Everything rump touches dies. nt
 UniteFightBack Sep 2019 #17
LineLineNew Reply exactly
 bdamomma Sep 2019 #18
LineNew Reply K&R
 UTUSN Sep 2019 #19

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:00 PM

Star Member bdamomma (60,270 posts)

1. ...........

I'm editing my previous post of " so sad", after reading the post below.

Of how he collaborated with the scheme.

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:16 PM

Star Member octoberlib (13,678 posts)

14. In the whistleblower account it said he advised Ukraine on how to navigate Trump and his demands.

So, it's unclear. He was NATO Ambassador under Obama.
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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:02 PM

Claritie Pixie (2,197 posts)

2. Oopsie!! Wants to spend more time with his family, no doubt.

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:08 PM

Lindsay (3,276 posts)

7. Spend more time with his lawyer,

maybe.

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:16 PM

Star Member pnwmom (104,007 posts)

15. No, more time with his paid gig, as a DC lobbyist with the BGR group.

His job as special envoy was just an unpaid, volunteer position.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2373627

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:02 PM

Star Member demmiblue (30,170 posts)

3. Link:

McCain Institute head Kurt Volker steps down as US diplomat

Executive Director of the McCain Institute Kurt Volker resigned from his position as the U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Friday, following reports he collaborated with Ukraine and President Donald Trump.

An ASU official confirmed Volker's resignation Friday, and said the University could not speak about his future at ASU because the University does not comment on personnel matters.

Volker met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Friday to announce he would be resigning, the official said.

Volker’s name was mentioned in the recent whistleblower complaint, which has sparked an impeachment inquiry for Trump. Trump has defended his actions, including a phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky where Trump requested dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden.

https://www.statepress.com/article/2019/09/sppolitics-mccain-head-steps-down

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:03 PM

Star Member mcar (35,641 posts)

4. Drip, drip, drip

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:08 PM

Star Member kozar (1,091 posts)

6. trickle,trickle,

small stream, small stream, Melona says,"honey? Does this look our dam is breaking?"

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:03 PM

Star Member blm (106,008 posts)

5. 👏👏👏

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:09 PM

llmart (11,576 posts)

8. I'm going to need to buy more popcorn.

This drama is getting good!

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:10 PM

malaise (225,225 posts)

9. Queen should have a blast in Central Park tomorrow

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:11 PM

Arazi (4,338 posts)

10. Good. He destroyed a sterling reputation by facilitating Giuliani's bullshit in Ukraine

Fuck him. I hope he's fired from his job at ASU too

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:11 PM

Star Member struggle4progress (111,627 posts)

11. Whistleblower says U.S. envoy scrambled to contain Giuliani's damage to national security

Sept. 26, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT / Updated Sept. 26, 2019, 3:38 PM EDT
By Josh Lederman and Kristen Welker

WASHINGTON — To hear Rudy Giuliani tell it, it was a phone call from the Trump administration's special envoy for Ukraine, Ambassador Kurt Volker, that jump-started Giuliani's contacts with Ukraine's new leaders over corruption and a possible investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden.

But a whistleblower's complaint made public Thursday paints a different picture: one of Volker scrambling to "contain the damage" to national security inflicted by Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, and back-channeling with the Ukrainian leadership about how to navigate the conflicting messages that Giuliani and U.S. officials were sending ...

An unpaid volunteer, Volker spends most of his time engaged in outside projects, including his work at a Washington lobbying firm that continued to represent the government of Ukraine for almost two years after Volker started as special envoy.

Volker’s role in the most recent controversy came to light as Giuliani tried to cast his efforts as fully coordinated and even prompted by the State Department. The State Department has acknowledged that it was Volker who put Giuliani “in direct contact” with Andriy Yermak, a top adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, around the same time as Zelenskiy's call with Trump ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/kurt-volker-trump-s-part-time-ukraine-envoy-played-role-n1058871

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:18 PM

Star Member octoberlib (13,678 posts)

16. Yep. Could be he was advising Ukraine on how to deal with a lunatic President.

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:12 PM

Star Member MagickMuffin (11,520 posts)

12. Now subpoena his ass


Get him under oath, before putin gets to him.



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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:16 PM

Star Member DURHAM D (29,834 posts)

13. Oh Dear, what will Meghan do? nt

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:18 PM

UniteFightBack (8,231 posts)

17. Rudee showed his phone with texts from this guy - he was all in. Everything rump touches dies. nt

 

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:21 PM

Star Member bdamomma (60,270 posts)

18. exactly

everything that POS touches dies.

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:48 PM

Star Member UTUSN (58,057 posts)

19. K&R

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