Energy Secretary Rick Perry urged Ukraine’s president to root out corruption and pushed the new government for changes at its state-run oil and gas company, people familiar with his work said Oct. 4 — indications that he was more deeply involved than previously known in President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure officials in Kyiv.
Politico: Perry pressed Ukraine on corruption, energy company changes
US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry addresses a press conference during a high-level business to business energy forum at the European Commission in Brussels on May 2, 2019.
