Kyiv, Ukraine • William Taylor has emerged as an unlikely hero in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
The former Army officer and retired career civil servant holds a position many Americans can't even pronounce as charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. But he was drawn into a Trump administration effort to leverage U.S. military aid for Ukraine, an effort Taylor believed was improper and tried to stop.
He is scheduled to appear Tuesday before impeachment investigators in Congress, joining a parade of current and former diplomats testifying about Trump's dealings with Ukraine.