John Bolton's bombshell gives the GOP a glimpse of its nightmare scenario

greenwichtime.com ^ | 1/27/20 | Aaron Blake

[a little elbow grease]

We finally got a taste Sunday night of what former national security adviser John Bolton might tell President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial -- if he's called to testify, that is.

What we learned reinforced the potential peril for Republicans if they refuse to let him do so.

The New York Times reported Sunday that Bolton makes a series of very big Ukraine-related claims in an unpublished manuscript of his upcoming book, which is now slated to be released in March.

(snip) -- Bolton is naming names - lots of names - and directly contradicting what top administration officials are saying.

(snip) -- The nightmare scenario for the GOP is that they give Trump the quick and witness-free acquittal that he apparently desires, but then information like Bolton's keeps coming out.

(snip) -- Bolton's upcoming book - which is now slated for March 17 - is a great example of how the hastily assembled walls the Trump team have built around its defense can quickly crumble and in some cases already have.

[a little elbow grease]

Play your rotten cards, Dems.

For the sake of the country, I hope you fail.

[FES0844]

So many snakes.

[goldstategop]

The funny thing is Democrats hate Bolton because he isn’t one of them. They’re using him to try to bring down Trump.

It will fail because they have no case. Let them keep pounding on the table.

[SaveFerris]

God only knows the damage the Democrats will do with their wacky ideas about money, add’l Federal debt, men-in-women’s-restrooms, parades of homosexuals and general chaos.

Democrats in controlling power will be the final nail in the coffin for the Republic.

The Republic barely survived Obama’s 8 years of lies and treason. And much of it is still going on.

[goldstategop]

Democrats don’t care about the truth and they don’t give a rat’s rear end about Bolton.

They hope some Senate Republicans are stupid enough to drag out the pointless impeachment exercise for weeks or months.

Bolton is a shiny distraction; if he doesn’t serve their purposes, they’ll find someone else.

As long as they can keep Trump from getting speedily acquitted, its mission accomplished.

[a little elbow grease]

"So many snakes."

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"President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton claims to have privately told Attorney General William Barr last year that he was concerned the President was granting favors to the autocratic leaders of China and Turkey, The New York Times reported Monday, citing multiple people's descriptions of an unpublished draft manuscript by Bolton. "

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Lay out the snakes .......

Bolton not only accepted the job, he brought in MORE Necon snakes to make trouble.

[goldstategop]

The Swamp is making its last stand. If it can’t beat Trump, it wants to put him under a cloud so he can’t change anything in his second term in office.

Impeachment isn’t an end; its a means.

[a little elbow grease]

God only knows the damage the Democrats will do with their wacky ideas about money, add’l Federal debt, men-in-women’s-restrooms, parades of homosexuals and general chaos.

Democrats in controlling power will be the final nail in the coffin for the Republic.

The Republic barely survived Obama’s 8 years of lies and treason. And much of it is still going on.

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Well said. I do not recognize the country now versus the one I grew up in in the 1950's.

[Ann Archy]

I WANT WITNESSES......AFTER the AQUITTAL!! I WANT ALL THOSE WITNESSES, BOLTON< HUNTER< JOE< NELLIE <CHALUPA< ERIC CIAMARELLA!!!!

[a little elbow grease]

They hope some Senate Republicans are stupid enough to drag out the pointless impeachment exercise for weeks or months.

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It looks to me like this is going to get very messy. I see no end to this crap that these slimy Communists have created.

[goldstategop]

Welcome to the Kavanaugh circus Part II. Some Republicans are gluttons for Democrat punishment.

Democrats have this is so-called “bombshell” stuff on a conveyer belt primed and ready to go.

Only suckers believe they’re seeking justice. Enough already.

[jazminerose]

The failure is guaranteed.

Relax and have more popcorn.

If Bolton had any credibility left, it evaporated when he took his handlers’ advice to drop the book during Make Believe Impeachment.

He handed the Trump legal team a grenade.

[jazminerose]

If they get to call Bolton, we get to call *our* witnesses.

Dang, that will be one heck of a good time.

[rx]

multiple people's descriptions of an unpublished draft manuscript by Bolton

Multiple!   Yes, two!   Yevgeny and Alexander!

[goldstategop]

I’ll just tune it out. After today, there’s no point in feeding the sharks with more attention to this nonsense.

Let the Democrats jump the shark if they want; leave me out of it.

[mewzilla]

Ah, this is a comPost article.

Nuff said.

[a little elbow grease]

• "President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton claims to have privately told A.G. William Barr last year that he was concerned the President was granting favors to the autocratic leaders of China and Turkey, The New York Times reported Monday, citing multiple people's descriptions of an unpublished draft manuscript by Bolton."

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I hope this has no truth to it.

[philman_36]

He can say anything he wants when he isn’t under oath and under penalty of perjury.

[goldstategop]

He is using the Democrats and their captive media to promote his book.

Which they would normally ignore. Whores in Washington are dime a dozen. Geez.

[SmokingJoe]

Ted Cruz dismantles all that:

https://youtu.be/ZP2Rragsv-Y