McCain Institute head Kurt Volker steps down as US diplomat

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Source: The State Press

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

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.

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According to the complaint, Volker helped organize meetings with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Ukrainian officials.

The complaint also alleges that Volker went to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, to help guide Ukraine officials on how to handle Trumps’s demands.




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

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Ignorant writer used "corroborated with" instead of "collaborated with". . . . nt

[IndyOp]

8. +1

[PSPS]

10. I would have used "colluded with" or "conspired with"

[dewsgirl]

2. Hopefully the first of many.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. Next...Sandland..??....

[ffr]

9. Hope his neck is on the line for repercussions too.

I want that stain of prison time, handcuffs, jumpsuit, etc, on their records for the rest of their lives.

They were part of this cabal AGAINST THE COUNTRY THEY CALL HOME...assuming they call the United States, home.

[asiliveandbreathe]

11. It is interesting to read the Nixon Watergate info at Wikipedia...

All you have to do, is change the events, and the names - and walla...so many indicted...what is the saying, if you don't know your history, you are bound to repeat it...or something like that.....

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4. I just realized why a college newspaper is breaking this story

The McCain Institute is at ASU.

[IronLionZion]

5. Flip! Spill the beans on everyone

The link is also a bit different now https://www.statepress.com/article/2019/09/sppolitics-mccain-head-steps-down

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6. Thanks! Fixed.

Though it looks like they're being slash-dotted a bit right now. Loading slooooow.

[pnwmom]

7. He doesn't need that unpaid volunteer gig, since he's still a DC lobbyist at the BGR group.

Being a "special envoy" to Ukraine is a line on his resume he'd rather forget.

From his current BGR Group bio:

http://bgrdc.com/b/bio/30/Ambassador-Kurt-Volker?fbclid=IwAR0whXZsGT2gtig_lstwDxhN7eqyySISPvN13K57A8FGxQa6U6A_vg7Rpe8

Ambassador Volker is currently the Executive Director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership, a part of Arizona State University. He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and is a member of the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Advisory Group.

Additionally, he serves on the Board of Capital Guardian Funds Trust, the Hungarian Initiatives Foundation, the Atlantic Partnership (U.S.), and is a Trustee of IAU College in Aix-en-Provence, France.

[B Stieg]

12. Ship...rats...

What's coming can't be staved off, tRump.

[Danascot]

13. I give this guy props for having the decency to resign

Most of the republicans who get into trouble just brazen it out like what they did is just fine.

[Scarsdale]

18. Yes they do.

Then move on to Faux for lucrative positions as "consultants", or "experts"

[QED]

14. The scoop is from ASU student journalists!

How cool is that? (OK, bragging rights, I think. My graduate degree is from ASU.)

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15. How they did it

from Brian Stelter's newletter:

ASU's student paper with the scoop!

Friday evening's Kurt Volker resignation was first reported by Andrew Howard, the managing editor of The State Press, the independent student paper at Arizona State. The paper tweeted the scoop and followed with a story about ten minutes later, leading the CNNs of the world to race and confirm it. I called Howard to find out how he did it -- he said, "we always try to localize national issues and see how they can affect the university. When we found out that Volker worked for the university, we just started pursuing that story. That was really it..."

https://mailchi.mp/cnn/rs-sept-27-2019?e=a7abd28bb7

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16. He's got a good 'Nose for News'

I work in University IT, and have been impressed that their website is still up, lol. I might reach out to them to find out how they managed it. Most of the time, I imagine they are seeing a few thousand visits per day...then this.

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17. For once it's good news out of AZ. nt