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Bolton told ex-Trump aide to call White House lawyers about Ukraine pressure campaign
The Hill ^ | 10/14/19 | Justine Coleman

Posted on 10/14/2019 9:19:33 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Former national security adviser John Bolton told a former aide to President Trump on Russia to call White House lawyers to warn them about a pressure campaign on Ukraine, House investigators were reportedly told Monday.

Bolton told Fiona Hill, the senior director for Russian and Eurasian affairs, to contact the lawyer for the National Security Council and say that the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was involved in the efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating Democrats, the New York Times reported Monday night.

“I am not part of whatever drug deal Rudy and Mulvaney are cooking up,” Bolton told Hill to tell White House lawyers, according to the testimony reported by the Times.

The former national security adviser had called Giuliani a "hand grenade who's going to blow everybody up" in a previous conversation with Hill, according to the Times.

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To: yesthatjallen

IF true

I don’t believe a single word Fiona has to say


61 posted on 10/14/2019 11:45:13 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: DoughtyOne

The reason there has been a war on Bolton is not because anyone really thinks he is a hawk, as they often claim, but because he is a stalwart opponent of transnational progressivism and an opponent of the International Court, etc.

The reason there is a war on Trump is not because of Russia but because as a proponent of national sovereignity, as a nationalist, he is an opponent of transnational progressivism, a race/gender/tribal/identity politics/group rights ideology that is a bigger threat to the US and western civilization than any nation or even jihadists.

Who then, are the supporters of transnational progressivism? Human Rights Watch, Soros, any idiot who has ever been in favor of the International Court, Merkel, hordes of Democrats, and some RINOs. Strobe Talbot of the Brookings Institution. Guess who else is part of Brookings?

Oh, that would be British-born US citizen Fiona Hill. So, what is her position on national sovereignity, the International Court, etc? Is it in line with Talbot and Brzezinski of Brookings, or is it in line with Bolton?

Of interest is this link : https://nationalinterest.org/article/democracys-trojan-horse-1155


62 posted on 10/15/2019 1:05:04 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: yesthatjallen

How much of this is fake news? I’m gonna take the wait and see road.


63 posted on 10/15/2019 1:09:57 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: yesthatjallen

Okay what kind of rag is ‘the hill’?

I have a hard time believing Bolton would accuse Trump of a drug deal.


64 posted on 10/15/2019 1:22:15 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I don’t think Bolton has gone deep state. He’s just a very strong personality who puts himself ahead of the team.


65 posted on 10/15/2019 2:42:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: piasa

I think both sides would agree this is a very negative article for John Bolton.

Has he responded yet?


66 posted on 10/15/2019 3:32:45 AM PDT by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: RoosterRedux

The nyt et al are now running with this story.

Bolton has to say something.


68 posted on 10/15/2019 3:45:06 AM PDT by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: RoosterRedux

The nyt et al are now running with this story.

Bolton has to say something.


69 posted on 10/15/2019 3:45:11 AM PDT by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: yesthatjallen

Sounds like butt-hurt Scaramucci with a big fat moustache. Disgruntled ex-employees with agendas.


70 posted on 10/15/2019 3:47:34 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: pacificus
Bolton needs to explain this Bull$hit!
Sounds like he’s been a swamp rat all along!

Bolton's been an anti-America, globalist for decades...

I think what people don't realize is that there aren't any 'America First' politicians in Washington for Trump to chose from...When they get to Washington they join the Anti-America club, or else they don't get very high on the political ladder...

71 posted on 10/15/2019 3:49:17 AM PDT by Iscool
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To: Hostage

You have it correct.


72 posted on 10/15/2019 4:00:47 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Iscool

the “money-flow” is difficult to swim against.

much easier to be bribed with off-shore dollars than dollars here in USA


73 posted on 10/15/2019 4:03:07 AM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible")
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To: Ken H

I trust Trump and Giuliani a lot more than Bolton.


74 posted on 10/15/2019 4:06:56 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Sacajaweau

“How much of this is fake news? I’m gonna take the wait and see road.”

______________

AFAIK, there hasn’t been a peep from Bolton since this story. Now the msm is running with it.

Does it make you wonder why he is silent?


75 posted on 10/15/2019 4:18:12 AM PDT by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: LegendHasIt

IIRC, when Bolton was fired by Trump, he said that he would strike back. I guess this is his way of doing it.


76 posted on 10/15/2019 4:20:32 AM PDT by livius
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To: MIA_eccl1212

<<< “I think our president needs to stop hiring traitors....” >>>
.......

Ya get what you pay for. Bolton was a NeverTrump guy from the beginning. Generally not a helpful move to hire one of them, is it?

Mitt Romney got romanced for Sec of State, at least for the purpose of cameras and window dressing for appeasing the RINO UniParty on the hill.

Tillerson was easily forgettable, a dud without a clue, but never a Trump supporter, so there’s that.


77 posted on 10/15/2019 4:37:33 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christ Rey! Publik Ed/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming. Infinitum.)
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To: yesthatjallen
And I should believe anything leaker, Fiona Hill, says WHY? Especially as reported by the NY Times.
78 posted on 10/15/2019 4:39:27 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: pacificus

All warmongering neocons are dirty. That’s what makes them warmongering neocons. Taking on enemy personnel has been Trump’s biggest weakness by far.


79 posted on 10/15/2019 4:42:57 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Ken H
Not really.

I'm sure he's not happy with someone saying "he said"....and doing it behind closed doors...because the "testimony" may be true or false...or just an opinion.

I get the inkling that he told her....Go to so and so....Why are you coming to me and getting me involved with your little whatever.

80 posted on 10/15/2019 4:43:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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