Energy Secretary Rick Perry will leave his job by the end of the year, President Donald Trump said Thursday. (Department of Energy)
JILL COLVIN, KEVIN FREKING and MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry will leave his job by the end of the year, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
Perry was traveling with Trump to Texas when he told Trump of his decision aboard Air Force One.
Perry is under scrutiny over the role he played in the president's dealings with Ukraine, which are currently the subject of an impeachment inquiry.
House Democrats have subpoenaed Perry for documents related to a Ukrainian state-owned energy company as well as his involvement in a July call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The lawmakers set a Friday deadline.
Trump has said Perry teed up the July 25 call, in which Trump pressed Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival Joe
