Texas News Impeachment Probe Implicates Two Texas Politicians In Ukraine Scandal KWBU | By Jill Ament Published November 13, 2019 at 6:54 AM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Former Texas governor, and current energy secretary, Rick Perry, is alleged to have had "back-door" political dealings with Ukrainian officials. But he claims he never tried to influence them to investigate the Bidens.Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Outgoing energy secretary and former Texas governor, Rick Perry, says he didn’t urge Ukraine to investigate President Trump’s political rival, Joe Biden. Congressman Pete Sessions is also involved.