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Mike 03

(16,616 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:04 PM Jan 2020

BREAKING: Bolton urged Democrat Eliot Engel to investigate Yovanovitch ouster

Source: The Hill

Actual Headline: House Foreign Affairs chairman says Bolton urged him in September to look into Yovanovitch ouster

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday said former national security adviser John Bolton had suggested to him in September that his panel should look into the ouster of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, whose controversial departure has become a focal point of President Trump's impeachment trial.

Engel released his statement in response to Trump, who earlier on Wednesday questioned on Twitter why Bolton hadn't raised any concerns over his administration's conduct following his departure as national security adviser on Sept. 10.

“President Trump is wrong that John Bolton didn’t say anything about the Trump-Ukraine Scandal at the time the President fired him. He said something to me," Engel said in his statement.

“He and I spoke by telephone on September 23," he added. "On that call, Ambassador Bolton suggested to me—unprompted—that the committee look into the recall of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. He strongly implied that something improper had occurred around her removal as our top diplomat in Kyiv."

BREAKING...

That's the entire story, but it is developing.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/480516-top-house-foreign-affairs-democrat-says-bolton-urged-him-in-september-to-look

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BREAKING: Bolton urged Democrat Eliot Engel to investigate Yovanovitch ouster (Original Post) Mike 03 Jan 2020 OP

This is just now going public??? Wtf? Roland99 Jan 2020 #1

WOW Gothmog Jan 2020 #2

Thank you for posting the statement! Mike 03 Jan 2020 #4

thanks for that.. stillcool Jan 2020 #5

IMO this still begs the question, Why wouldn't Bolton testify before the House? nt Mike 03 Jan 2020 #3

Hmm superpatriotman Jan 2020 #6

Could he be the whistleblower? ebbie15644 Jan 2020 #7

Boom. tanyev Jan 2020 #8

So many questions. Maybe Bolton should testify. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2020 #9

Here's the press release of Engel's statement. . . DinahMoeHum Jan 2020 #10

Funny that this news broke just as they were walking into the Senate. Talitha Jan 2020 #11

And Engel told Nancy, and Nancy saw the future Mr. Ected Jan 2020 #12

I applaud these two for communicating well bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #13

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

1. This is just now going public??? Wtf?

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:06 PM

Jan 2020

Why not during the house hearings??

Gothmog

(145,321 posts)

2. WOW

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:13 PM

Jan 2020

Link to tweet

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

4. Thank you for posting the statement!

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:15 PM

Jan 2020

stillcool

(32,626 posts)

5. thanks for that..

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:20 PM

Jan 2020

sometimes this place is amazing. Didn't know I had a question, and poof...there's the answer.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

3. IMO this still begs the question, Why wouldn't Bolton testify before the House? nt

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:14 PM

Jan 2020

superpatriotman

(6,249 posts)

6. Hmm

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:22 PM

Jan 2020

Why not tell a republican?

ebbie15644

(1,215 posts)

7. Could he be the whistleblower?

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:22 PM

Jan 2020

tanyev

(42,566 posts)

8. Boom.

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:23 PM

Jan 2020

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)

9. So many questions. Maybe Bolton should testify.

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:37 PM

Jan 2020

DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)

10. Here's the press release of Engel's statement. . .

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:39 PM

Jan 2020

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2020/1/engel-statement-on-september-23-2019-call-with-john-bolton

Talitha

(6,593 posts)

11. Funny that this news broke just as they were walking into the Senate.

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 03:12 PM

Jan 2020

No phones allowed during the trial, right?

So I guess they'll get broadsided with it on dinner break.

Makes me wonder who orchestrated the timing of this release.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)

12. And Engel told Nancy, and Nancy saw the future

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 03:24 PM

Jan 2020

1. There was a White House insider, a well-established neocon, that was blowing a whistle.
2. That Articles of Impeachment would require a ringer in terms of testimony
3. That the Ukraine incident would easily fit within the scope of high crimes and misdemeanors
4. That McConnell would stonewall and the GOP would vote to acquit
5. That dropping Bolton into the mix at the 11th hour would skewer their well-laid plans.

Honestly, I'm so high on Pelosi, I'd like to think she had this series of events in mind from the very beginning.

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)

13. I applaud these two for communicating well

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 04:51 PM

Jan 2020

Opposites politically I would assume, but having a dialogue. Lots of people should be having a dialogue.

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