Trump Lawyer Says Bolton Bombshell, Even If True, Isn’t an Impeachable Offense
Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz speaks at the Senate impeachment trial.Senate Television via AP President Donald Trump’s lawyers spent most of Monday avoiding the topic of John Bolton’s leaked manuscript, which reportedly alleges Trump’s direct involvement in improperly holding up aid to Ukraine to pressure that country’s leaders into digging up dirt on Joe Biden. Alan…
“This Is Kavanaugh All Over Again,” Say Republicans. They’re Right.
Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire The bombshell allegation that President Donald Trump explicitly told his national security adviser that he would withhold military aid to coerce Ukraine into investigating the Bidens has sent Republicans scrambling for a new set of talking points. They quickly found one. “This is Kavanaugh all over again,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) told…
Report: Bolton Raised Concerns About Trump Granting Favors to Authoritarian Leaders
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Former national security adviser John Bolton expressed concerns to Attorney General William Barr about President Donald Trump granting favors to the autocratic leaders of China and Turkey, according to an unpublished draft of Bolton’s forthcoming book, according to the New York Times. Barr reportedly told Bolton that he was worried that Trump…
Pick Which GOP Explanation for Why Bolton Shouldn’t Testify Is the Craziest
Donald Trump and John Bolton on August 20, 2019. Alex Wong /Getty Images President Donald Trump, GOP lawmakers, and White House lawyers presenting their case for Trump’s acquittal in the Senate spent Monday publicly workshopping a series of arguments for why the president’s ongoing impeachment trial should not include testimony from former national security adviser John…
Fox News Is Losing Its Mind Over John Bolton
For hours upon hours on Monday, Donald Trump’s lawyers presented their case against removing the president from office over the Ukraine scandal. In doing so, they have danced around a major new revelation—that, in a draft of a forthcoming book, former national security adviser John Bolton reportedly wrote that Trump told him he wanted to…
Trump Fumes Over Bolton Bombshell
Stefani Reynolds/ZUMA President Donald Trump lashed out at John Bolton in the wake of an explosive New York Times report late Sunday that his former national security adviser’s forthcoming book will accuse the president of telling Bolton that he wanted to continue withholding security assistance to Ukraine until the country moved forward with investigations into…