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John Bolton's bombshell gives the GOP a glimpse of its nightmare scenario
greenwichtime.com ^ | 1/27/20 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 01/28/2020 2:30:07 AM PST by 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The New York Times reported Sunday that Bolton makes a series of very big Ukraine-related claims in an unpublished manuscript of his upcoming book, which is now slated to be released in March.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.

(Excerpt) Read more at greenwichtime.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bolton; book; impeachment; rat
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To: mewzilla
Ah, this is a comPost article. Nuff said.

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LOL. It does make you feel a little better.

21 posted on 01/28/2020 2:53:00 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: a little elbow grease

No one has seen the manuscript! Only in Washington do people give rumors a credibility they don’t deserve.


22 posted on 01/28/2020 2:54:26 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

The media will make another move soon. If it looks like the Bolton ‘revelation’ won’t move enough Senators to call for witnesses, the media will launch another of it’s missiles to apply more pressure. It will be soon, within a day or two, it depends on if they can get more than Romney and Susan Collins on their side.


23 posted on 01/28/2020 2:55:04 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: KobraKai

They have no shortage of bombshells. Expect more to break by Friday.

A swift acquittal of Trump is their worst nightmare.


24 posted on 01/28/2020 2:56:58 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: a little elbow grease

MAN UP!! Depends on what the “FAVORS” are!! Plus Bolton was mad that we couldn’t BOMB TURKEY OR CHINA!! WAR MONGER!


25 posted on 01/28/2020 2:57:09 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: KobraKai

Also, we’re guaranteed to see another ‘bombshell’ this weekend, because of POTUS interview with Hannity before the Super Bowl. They need another ‘bomb’ to make Trump look foolish, and also to try and influence the questions to the President.

I think the media has a pile of October surprises they’ve been building up, and will let some loose as needed.


26 posted on 01/28/2020 3:00:26 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: a little elbow grease

Every Judas has his fate . It is never a good one.
What cost your bag if silver John?
When you lose your honor and your soul.

Hell awaits


27 posted on 01/28/2020 3:04:18 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: Ann Archy; goldstategop; SmokingJoe; rx; mewzilla; jazminerose

https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1222030139929829376

This is better news from Mollie Hemingway .....


28 posted on 01/28/2020 3:04:34 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: jazminerose
If Bolton had any credibility left, it evaporated when he took his handlers’ advice to drop the book during Make Believe Impeachment.

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Yes, strange timing.

29 posted on 01/28/2020 3:05:33 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: Ann Archy

The fake media been handing out shit sandwiches for three years now. This is just another helping.


30 posted on 01/28/2020 3:05:44 AM PST by Rodm
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To: Ann Archy
I WANT WITNESSES......AFTER the AQUITTAL!! I WANT ALL THOSE WITNESSES, BOLTON< HUNTER< JOE< NELLIE ____________

Great! And don't forget the putrid frustrated actor, SCHIFF!!

31 posted on 01/28/2020 3:08:23 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: jazminerose
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.

Indeed. All these "the sky is falling! the sky is falling" Henny Penny types are going to look like fools.

32 posted on 01/28/2020 3:08:35 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: a little elbow grease

The nightmare will be for GOP Senate RINOs who turn this sham
trial into a circus.


33 posted on 01/28/2020 3:09:15 AM PST by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: a little elbow grease
Dershowitz:

Then Dershowitz turned to the media’s obsession for the day — the accusation in a New York Times article on Sunday evening that alleged that former National Security Advisor John Bolton had written a draft book in which he said Trump wanted to condition aid to Ukraine on it conducting investigations into “Democrats.”

Even if, for argument’s sake, everything in the Times article were true, Trump could not be impeached. A mere “quid pro quo,” Dershowitz said, required criminal-like conduct. You could not, Dershowitz said, turn “conduct that is not impeachable into impeachable conduct simply by using words like ‘quid pro quo’.”

He added that it could not be “obstruction of Congress” merely to invoke Constitutional powers available to the president. The problem, ultimately, with “words like ‘abuse of power’ and ‘obstruction of Congress’” is that they are “standard-less,” substituting subjective political and partisan criteria for clear principles.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/27/dershowitz-trump-impeachment-invalid-requires-criminal-like-conduct/

34 posted on 01/28/2020 3:09:25 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: KobraKai

We’ve been seeing bombshells for three years - all duds. If they really had anything, it would have already been released. I’m more worried about what the Dems will do when they realize it’s not working. Pray for our President.


35 posted on 01/28/2020 3:14:23 AM PST by philippa
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To: a little elbow grease

This illegitimate, unconstitutional farce of an “impeachment” should have been rejected and dismissed by the Senate on day one.


36 posted on 01/28/2020 3:14:26 AM PST by windsorknot
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Chris C.‏ @CPC_A1

Replying to @MZHemingway @KerriKupecDOJ

"Way to go Mollie. This should be disturbing to "ALL" Americans. Unsubstantiated anonymous leaks for the sole purpose of attacking and smearing @POTUS and AG Bill Barr. This cowardice act happens to often. Whoever is leaking this info, needs to be exposed and held accountable."

37 posted on 01/28/2020 3:14:37 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: goldstategop

Bolton is worse than a whore and he is symptomatic of Trump’s weak spot: personnel hiring. Everyone knew what Bolton was, and is - a louse of a neocon anxious to send other’s sons and daughters into endless combat for an ever changing goal. Bolton himself, however, was a proud draft dodger during the Vietnam War; he is super brave with others’ lives. And then he gets the job of utmost discretion, turns on the President, opens his damned mouth about every confidential conversation, all for fame and filthy money. He reminds me of Mark Felt, the Asst. FBI Director, who when he was passed over for Director by Nixon, became Deep Throat, whose perfidy caused the fall of Nixon and with it South Vietnam. Solely self-interested, no morality or ethics, a first class, low class bum, just like Bolton.


38 posted on 01/28/2020 3:16:37 AM PST by laconic
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To: KobraKai
I think the media has a pile of October surprises they’ve been building up, and will let some loose as needed.

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true

39 posted on 01/28/2020 3:17:11 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: a little elbow grease

Is Bolton like the Democrats? After revenge or the truth


40 posted on 01/28/2020 3:22:12 AM PST by okie 54
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