Trump says Bolton, whom he hired, would have started ‘World War Six’ as he tries to head off testimony
As pressure mounts on Senate Republicans to allow John Bolton’s testimony in President Trump’s impeachment trial following bombshell revelations from Bolton’s upcoming book, the president took to Twitter on Wednesday to trash his former national security adviser.
Senate Republicans have blocked calls for new testimony from witnesses, including Bolton, who have firsthand knowledge of Trump’s requests for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a debunked conspiracy theory involving the Democratic National Committee’s server. McConnell plans for the Senate to take up the question on Friday.
Bolton, a fixture in Republican administrations and the conservative movement since the 1980s, immediately became persona non grata on the right. Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, a reliable indicator of Trump’s thinking, said he had been “reduced to a tool for the radical Dimms and the Deep State.” It is unclear what Sekulow meant by “unsourced allegation,” as Bolton’s book recounts conversations he personally participated in.
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