He was named in Trump's trial proceedings

US President Donald Trump on Thursday resigned as Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who was named in the case of trying to impeach him, after Perry revealed he had implemented Trump's directives to reach out to his lawyer Rudy Giuliani over a supposed corruption case in Ukraine.

"Rick has done a great job in energy, but it's time now. Three years is a long time," Trump said, adding that "we have an alternative." Trump said Perry had told him months ago that he wanted to resign and that he planned to leave office by the end of the year.

Earlier this week, Perry said he had no plans to resign, dismissing a media report that he was expected to announce his resignation in November.

An interview was published on Wednesday in which Perry said that on Trump's orders he had contacted Giuliani, the president's special attorney, on a case that Trump is accused of linking Ukraine's military aid to Kiev with investigations into allegations that it supported Democrats in the 2016 presidential election.

House Democrats conducting the investigation issued a subpoena to Perry last week and asked him to hand over documents related to his dealings with Ukraine by October 18.

The New York Times reported that Trump had previously studied Perry's appointment to other senior positions, including the White House chief of staff, because his name was not linked to personal scandals, as happened with many of his colleagues.

Case developments
Meanwhile, White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvani told reporters that the Justice Department itself is investigating allegations - perceived as unfounded - that the NDD concealed a computer servant in Ukraine that would undermine claims that Trump's election victory 2016 by Russian intervention.

About $ 400 million in military aid to Ukraine was frozen last July because Trump does not want to send money to a corrupt country, Mulvani said. "We are always doing this in foreign policy. You have to get through it, there must be an impact." Politician in foreign policy. "

Mulvani said there was no mistake in the "exchange of services", which the White House had previously denied. This, in support of the main claim in the Democrats' push to isolate Trump, is that the president illegally sought foreign assistance to support his election victory.

`` Mulvani just said that US military aid to Ukraine has been suspended pending Ukraine's investigation of the Democrats, '' said Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and chairman of the Trump segregation inquiry.

Pentagon official Laura Cooper, who oversees policy on Ukraine, will not testify on Friday before congressional committees investigating Trump's dismissal, but is expected to testify on October 24, two sources said.