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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSusan Hennessy is saying Bolton agreeing to testify means McConnell's effed...
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Susan Hennessey ✔ @Susan_Hennessey
Bolton saying he will testify if subpoenaed effectively forces McConnell's hand. It's hard to imagine how Senate Republicans could possibly justify not calling him.John Bolton ✔ @AmbJohnBolton
I have posted a brief statement regarding testimony on the Ukraine impeachment matter before the Senate at: https://www.boltonpac.com/2020/01/statement-of-john-r-bolton/
Susan Hennessey ✔ @Susan_Hennessey
Even if McConnell had votes to prevent Bolton from testifying, Bolton is clearly going public with story (either in Senate or in interviews/his book). If a small delay in story getting out is worth political hit, that's surely a sign McConnell is TERRIFIED of what Bolton knows.
12:04 PM - Jan 6, 2020
Things just got real for Moscow Mitch!
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)because he knows russiapublicans in the Senate won't subpoena him.
comradebillyboy
(10,154 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Will Mitch risk looking REALLY corrupt by not calling him as a witness after Bolton's book comes out?
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)He may be happy to leave the bad stuff out of the book if he gets something in return. Like an attack involving Iran.
He won't be getting a subpoena from the Senate imo.
He is definitely not trying to do the right thing for the US.
Grins
(7,218 posts)And right now! Mr. Schiff? Mr. Nadler?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)I don't believe he will ever reveal anything we haven't already heard from anyone else. The only difference is it will be coming from Bolton, who is now irrelevant as ever for refusing to testify in the House. Fuck that Ned Flanders lookalike and the horse he rode in on.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,011 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Agree! Lots of room for; 'I don't remember'.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)Same here 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
I have a great deal respect for & faith in what Neal Katyal, who said per Seth Abramson's re-tweet today, that former White House sources said that Bolton's testimony would be very damaging to fat ass if he were to testify.
Tell you what, I KNOW funny mustache was orgasmic when it was confirmed that Soleimani was taken out by putin's warmongerer-in-chief last week. No, Bolton will have to show me that he has one ounce of humanity/decency in him if he does testify truthfully at some point here soon.
crickets
(25,981 posts)I have grown to despise this man. Nothing he does has anything to do with the good of the country. Make no mistake, he is in it only for himself and his own interests. Vile.
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)keeping his name in the news. He's got a book to sell, you know.
jalan48
(13,870 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)didn't mention the House
jalan48
(13,870 posts)Grins
(7,218 posts)...and subpoena him right now. Then lets hear his excuses...
padah513
(2,503 posts)I believe the House invited him to come in during their investigations but he declined. I know he's obligated to tell the truth and all, but I don't trust him. Maybe the House should consider giving him a subpoena now. It'll show whether he's being true of playing everyone for suckers. Again, I don't trust him.
jalan48
(13,870 posts)on their subpoenas.
KPN
(15,646 posts)lark
(23,105 posts)I have thought that this was Bolton's price for lying and Impotus3 paid it. I like your idea a whole lot better, but my suspicious mind thinks mine is likely.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)his war with Iran he'll say anything the president wants him to. The man is a psychopath.
He and Cheney occupy the next rug of hell, just above drumpf, but not by much.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)He ain't effed, he ain't even sweating.
Bolton won't be called as a witness. There aren't 4 votes to force it. There will be zero republicans voting for that.
Bolton knows that. Notice he didn't volunteer to testify before the house.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)1) Did Trump buy some loyatly from Bolton by starting a new Middle East war for Bolton?
2) if Bolton gives interviews outside the Senate, it will just be drowned out by the vortex of disaster, scandal and corruption surrounding Trump
bucolic_frolic
(43,185 posts)Mitch will just give his standard nebula & fog act like he doesn't know what's going on. Mitch is safe.
KPN
(15,646 posts)him. Moscow Mitch is a slippery bastard. When Bolton says no, he'll just say we invited him to testify and he refused.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)He already openly declared the trial would be a sham with no witnesses.
bucolic_frolic
(43,185 posts)Link to tweet
Charles P. Pierce
@CharlesPPierce
I dont trust this guy as far as the car threw me. Hes going to be the shot that brings down the elephant now that were just inches away from the war for which hes been slavering his entire adult life? Please.
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)Journalists still don't comprehend the whole "Honey Badger don't give a shit" thing.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,007 posts)Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)Bolton one bit in his offering to testify.