Democrats demand Bolton testimony after report his book says Trump tied Ukraine aid to Biden probe

NBC News.com ^ | 1/26/2020 | Lauren Egan

[Beave Meister]

WASHINGTON — Democrats stepped up their calls on Sunday night for John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial after an explosive new report alleged that in his unpublished book, the former national security adviser said Trump personally tied Ukraine aid to an investigation of the Bidens — an account that conflicts with the president's.

"John Bolton has the evidence," tweeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

According to the manuscript, as reported by The New York Times Sunday night, Trump told Bolton that nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine would not be released until that nation offered assistance with probes into Democratic targets, including former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

NBC has not verified the report, which cited multiple sources familiar with Bolton’s account, or seen a copy of that manuscript.

The contents of that manuscript were described as a rough account of how the former Trump official would testify should he be called as a witness in the Senate trial, which is currently underway. The prospect of any new witnesses has been viewed as unlikely, given most Republicans reluctance to accept additional testimony.

Hill Democrats on Sunday said the new report highlighted the urgency of a Senate request for Bolton's testimony — a move which would require several GOP votes.

[wiseprince]

Bolton purposely keeps this story alive. He could have put it to bed months ago but instead he keeps begging people to supoena him.

[kiryandil]

“He who laughs last, laughs best”

[fortes fortuna juvat]

A Bolton spokesman DENIED the #FakeNews “story”.
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Source?

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Bolton was the stupidest appointment ever. And I said so at the time.
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Second stupidest. IMHO his appointment of the Alabama Weasel takes first place in that category.

[Gahanna Bob]

It would be funny if certain people were given a fake manuscript to smoke out leakers.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Bolton has directly denied the story 2 different ways,
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How so?

[Bommer]

Nope it’s too late. They can’t leave until impeachment is over. Schiff big problem is witness 18. None of that information was released to the defense as required in rules. Technically they could call for a mistrial of it is not immediately released, and they can claim that it’s classified since it was about Trump and it is related to impeachment. They are beyond flicked. Will be interesting if Seculow calls for dismissal on grounds of the house suppressing evidence. So if they want to call Bolton, Dems are toast. Eric ceramella can be called and so can the Biden boys!

[goldstategop]

Democrats relying on hearsay! What else is new?

[kiryandil]

https://thetop10news.com/2020/01/27/bolton-aide-denies-ny-times-reports-claim-he-shared-manuscript-with-close-associates/

#FakeNews.

Additionally, I'll point out here that the manuscript undoubtedly has classified material in it, which casts further doubt on the veracity of the NY PerfectTimes-ing "story" from FakeNews reporterette Haggie Maberman.

No, this is on a par with Creepy Porn Lawyer Avenatti and his gang-rape Girl Friday, Julie Swetnick.

I'll let you look up your own stuff in the future, being as how you're probably a Big Boy or Big Girl, fortune.

[lodi90]

Sorry Democrats, you had your chance, your time is up, this is a Senate matter now.

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Correct. Now we see why the Dems rushed this through the House. The Dems always wanted a cluster in the Senate so as to target Gardner and Collins in particular. The longer this goes on the more heat they will get.

[lodi90]

Sorry Democrats, you had your chance, your time is up, this is a Senate matter now.

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The hoaxblower is back at his CIA desk in Langley. These leaks are coming from either the NSC in the White House or Bolton. Probably both.

[goldstategop]

A hit piece timed to pressure moderate Republicans to drag out the impeachment trial from weeks to months.

Democrats and their captive media are hoping they’ll fall for it.

The Stupid Party would snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

[lodi90]

More of the same. They know Bolton will not be allowed to testify. They can make anything up knowing Bolton will not be allowed to rebut the story.

Republicans need to shut this sham down.

I see the plan now. If they can get enough Republicans who they have influence over for whatever reason to keep this sham going. Their will be a backlash of anger against the Republican senators from the Republican base voter.

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Agree 100%. Dems are also busy beavers trying to soil up Collins and Gardner.

[goldstategop]

Steenken evidence? We don need no steenken evidence! We’ve got a serious charge here!

[fortes fortuna juvat]

https://thetop10news.com/2020/01/27/bolton-aide-denies-ny-times-reports-claim-he-shared-manuscript-with-close-associates/
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What this article does NOT do is refute the key accusation, which is that Bolton in his forthcoming book alleges that the President directly tied the withholding of aid to Ukraine to its investigation of Democrat/Biden corruption.

[rfp1234]

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3811177/posts

[kiryandil]

What this article does NOT do is refute the key accusation

You have to get to the point the smart money is at, which is that anything printed in the New York PerfectTimes-ing or the Washitting POS is a pack of lies.

You don't even need to read their stuff. As a matter of fact, you're wasting time and brain cells even looking at it.

I've been doing Media criticism on Free Republic for 23 years in March of this year, including detailed write-ups of The Usual Media Suspects.

It's surprising how many of the sh*tbirds are still around, spewing their DNC party talking points.

I realized in the middle of 2017 that I didn't even need to consider their bilge any more - quite a change from the days when I would read their articles from beginning to end to sniff out the hidden bias.

95% of them lay out their bias on Twitter now. Saves a lot of time. You can tell from their retweets, likes and original tweets what their position on mostly everything is.

To conclude, you say that my linked article "does not refute the key accusation" - by a couple of partisan Democrat liars who write DNC copy for the NY PerfectTimes-ing.

Need I say more?    

[Bob434]

[[herding Collins, Murkowski, and Romney. ]]

Who will all come out now and demand bolton testify no doubt-

[kiryandil]

I'm going to give you a little exercise in Media analysis.

Go over the original NY PerfectTimes-ing article and figure out how long they had the Bolton manuscript in hand, and how long the "journalists" were working on the article.

Two bylines [Haberman and Schmidt], and three supporting journos.

I don't do paywall or identity wall - but you can secure the entire article without going to the PerfectTimes-ing site.

Let me know if you want that link. Fascinating that someone(s) will republish without attribution - but only really influential Right sites like FR get sued, or are subject to sanctions from these DNC FAXblasters.

I was actually surprised that the Slimes had this identity-walled.

ps - after you're done with the assignment, I'll go over it with you, explaining the timeline and details.

[kiryandil]

I'm going to give you a little exercise in Media analysis.

Go over the original NY PerfectTimes-ing article and figure out how long they had the Bolton manuscript in hand, and how long the "journalists" were working on the article.

Two bylines [Haberman and Schmidt], and three supporting journos.

I don't do paywall or identity wall - but you can secure the entire article without going to the PerfectTimes-ing site.

Let me know if you want that link. Fascinating that someone(s) will republish without attribution - but only really influential Right sites like FR get sued, or are subject to sanctions from these DNC FAXblasters.

I was actually surprised that the Slimes had this identity-walled.

ps - after you're done with the assignment, I'll go over it with you, explaining the timeline and details.