Donald Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton said in a statement Monday that he is willing to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial if he is subpoenaed by the Senate. This is important news and it will likely be met with strong pushback from Republicans, and Trump’s online MAGA-army. Bolton may be a warmongering piece of shit but he’s not stupid and knows the consequences of lying under oath.
Bolton knows where the bodies are buried, metaphorically speaking, of course. Even Trump’s former national security advisor raised concerns over what was to become Trump’s Ukraine scandal. Fiona Hill, Trump’s former top Russia adviser, testified to House investigators of tense exchanges Bolton had with White House officials.
“I am not part of whatever drug deal Sondland and Mulvaney are cooking up,” Bolton told Hill to tell White House lawyers, according to two people at the deposition, the New York Times reported. Bolton also expressed grave concerns to Hill about the campaign being run by Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. “Giuliani’s a hand grenade who’s going to blow everybody up,” Hill said, quoting Bolton.
Hill also linked Sondland to Trump:
A separate source said Hill also drew a link between Sondland and Trump in her testimony. Sondland and Trump “were in direct contact,” Hill told the lawmakers, according to the source. This source said Hill said the contacts between Trump and Sondland went beyond the discussion about texts exchanged between Sondland and other American diplomats in Ukraine that have been made public.”
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Of course, Bolton previously did not go under oath during Trump’s impeachment inquiry by the House that is led by Democrats but he’s willing to testify in front of the Republican-controlled Senate. Bolton seemed more interested in book sales than helping to find out whether Trump’s dubious actions are impeachable offenses.
In his statement, Bolton wrote that “the House has concluded its Constitutional responsibility by adopting Articles of Impeachment related to the Ukraine matter. It now falls to the Senate to fulfill its Constitutional obligation to try impeachments, and it does not appear possible that a final judicial resolution of the still-unanswered Constitutional questions can be obtained before the Senate acts.”
“Accordingly, since my testimony is once again at issue, I have had to resolve the serious competing issues as best I could, based on careful consideration and study,” he added. “I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify.”
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