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Former US Envoy to Ukraine Set to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry

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   Staff from three U.S. House of Representatives committees at the center
   of an impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump and Ukraine
   are scheduled to hold a closed-door deposition Thursday with Kurt
   Volker, the recently resigned U.S. envoy to Ukraine.

   Questions are likely to focus on a July phone call between Trump and
   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Volker's actions following the
   call, and the activities of Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani in
   connection with allegations Trump pressured Zelenskiy to investigate
   former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.

   Those allegations came in a whistleblower complaint made public last
   week, which said that according to multiple White House officials,
   Trump also pressured Zelenskiy to "meet or speak with two people the
   President named explicitly as his personal envoys on these matters,"
   naming Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr.

   Volker resigned the day after the complaint was released.

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