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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums**Breaking** Bolton's book draft confirms Trump withheld aid to Ukraine pending help with Biden
Drafts of the book outline the potential testimony of the former national security adviser if he were called as a witness in the presidents impeachment trial.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/us/politics/trump-bolton-book-ukraine.html
Multiple people described Mr. Boltons account of the Ukraine affair. --snip--
For example, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged privately that there was no basis to claims by the presidents lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani that the ambassador to Ukraine was corrupt and believed Mr. Giuliani may have been acting on behalf of other clients, Mr. Bolton wrote.
Mr. Bolton also said that after the presidents July phone call with the president of Ukraine, he raised with Attorney General William P. Barr his concerns about Mr. Giuliani, who was pursuing a shadow Ukraine policy encouraged by the president, and told Mr. Barr that the president had mentioned him on the call. A spokeswoman for Mr. Barr denied that he learned of the call from Mr. Bolton; the Justice Department has said he learned about it only in mid-August.
And the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, was present for at least one phone call where the president and Mr. Giuliani discussed the ambassador, Mr. Bolton wrote. Mr. Mulvaney has told associates he would always step away when the president spoke with his lawyer to protect their attorney-client privilege.
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dem4decades
(11,297 posts)triron
(22,007 posts)democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)Many politicians take poetic license when writing books like this. I can't see it carrying the same weight as sworn testimony.
PandoraAwakened
(905 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)Moscow Mitch and Leningrad Lindsey will disavow the existence of Bolton or his book, because the House failed to drag Bolton into the basement and subject him to the Iron Maiden or even waterboarding. How can you believe witnesses who have not been interrogated properly?
Sekulow will scream, "What about Obama? He never gave nukes to Ukraine!"
Every Russiapublican Senator should receive telephone calls demanding Bolton's testimony.
hlthe2b
(102,298 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)Wonder if anyone can figure out how many hours of work have been devoted to this impeachment trial by all the good and honorable people.
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)But yeah, let's hear what Bolty has to say. Agreed.
malaise
(269,063 posts)dchill
(38,505 posts)hlthe2b
(102,298 posts)Are her own pollsters hiding any bad news from her too?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)Collins knows how vindictive and vicious TrumPutin is. Maybe she also knows how closely Putin is involved and is scared of the resources he will bring to bear.
hlthe2b
(102,298 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)The money trail is likely to be the most damaging. Beyond that, the money and disinformation that could be spread, by Putin, probably scares many GOP Senators. Remember that even they thought that Hillary was certain to win right up until she didn't. They fear what can be unleashed against them.
Volaris
(10,272 posts)If this nation is to have a future as a functional democracy of any stripe, I want McConnell UNDER OATH IN A COURTROOM at some point in the next 5 years...sitting senator or not.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)ooky
(8,924 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)And putting this out there.
calimary
(81,323 posts)Hes opened up a real kettle of fish this time.
EVERYBODYS gonna be hounding him for an interview. There wont be much of a way to get the toothpaste back into the tube on this one.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Bolton? Someone close to Bolton?
hlthe2b
(102,298 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Of course Bolton has all of his notes that he used for the book, so it could be more selective leaking from him.
wishstar
(5,270 posts)he said that Bolton's lawyer just released a letter about Bolton sending the draft to WH for review last month. Michael wouldn't say of course any more about his sources for his NY Times article, but implication is that insiders from WH may be the leakers.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Screw Bolton and his book. I hope he sells no copies. Hes a coward and a traitor. He sold out his country in order to sell books.
He could have testified. He could have spoken up. He could have had the courage of the whistleblower. Vindman. Yovanovitch.
Screw him.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)hlthe2b
(102,298 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Maybe Bolton just saying FU?