Yermak was the point of contact for [[Kurt Volker]] and [[Rudy Giuliani]] on behalf of Zelensky during the 2019 [[sham impeachment]] of U.S. [[President Donald Trump]].<ref>[https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/andriy-yermak-replaces-andriy-bohdan-as-head-of-presidential-office.html Andriy Yermak replaces Andriy Bohdan as head of presidential office.] KyivPost.</ref> Yermak has been referred to as "the real president of Ukraine".<ref>[[Oleksandr Dubinsky]] posted on Telegram, "I am publicly addressing journalist [[Tucker Carlson]], who will not be afraid to cover the topic of political persecution of the only politician and former journalist in Ukraine, who openly spoke about [[corruption]] of the country’s senior officials and the facts of [[theft]] of US financial assistance through the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in which deputies of the [[Servant of the People Party]] and officials of the Office of the President are involved. | Yermak was the point of contact for [[Kurt Volker]] and [[Rudy Giuliani]] on behalf of Zelensky during the 2019 [[sham impeachment]] of U.S. [[President Donald Trump]].<ref>[https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/andriy-yermak-replaces-andriy-bohdan-as-head-of-presidential-office.html Andriy Yermak replaces Andriy Bohdan as head of presidential office.] KyivPost.</ref> Yermak has been referred to as "the real president of Ukraine".<ref>[[Oleksandr Dubinsky]] posted on Telegram, "I am publicly addressing journalist [[Tucker Carlson]], who will not be afraid to cover the topic of political persecution of the only politician and former journalist in Ukraine, who openly spoke about [[corruption]] of the country’s senior officials and the facts of [[theft]] of US financial assistance through the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in which deputies of the [[Servant of the People Party]] and officials of the Office of the President are involved. |