rldASHINGTON LOOKING FOR A DEAL, AND
o months into his tenure as Energy Secretary, he
pril 19, 2017, and Perry, the former
esidential candidate and contestant on
as sitting in his offi ce on Independence
krainians. “He said, ‘Look, I’m a
m a Texan,’ ” recalls one of them, Yuriy
s chief energy negotiator. “We’re ready to
y saying.
The deals they discussed that day became central to Ukraine’s
rump Administration, a relation-
ship that culminated in December with the House vote to impeach
y was a leading fi gure in the im-
e was among the offi cials, known as
an a shadow foreign policy in Ukraine
. Their aim, according to the fi ndings of the im-
ouse, was to embarrass Trump’s main
mission, Perry and his staff at the En-
nce energy deals that were poten-
o Perry’s friends and political do-
ation by reporters from TIME, WNYC
o of these deals seemed set to benefi t
as company on whose board Perry served
stint in Washington. The biggests billion-dollar energy
riends and donors