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Trump reportedly calls John Bolton a 'traitor' and wants to block his book
Original reporting: Trump wants to block Bolton’s book, claiming most conversations are classified (Washington Post)
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Source: The Guardian and agencies
Trump reportedly calls John Bolton a 'traitor' and wants to block his book
• President said book shouldn’t be published before election
• Key impeachment witness Marie Yovanovitch to release memoir
Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies
@MartinPengelly
Sat 22 Feb 2020 15.21 GMT
John Bolton is “a traitor” and his book should not be published before the election in November, Donald Trump reportedly told aides and media figures.
The president’s views on news of a book deal for Marie Yovanovitch, another key figure in the Ukraine scandal which led to Trump’s impeachment, were not immediately clear.
Bolton, a former ambassador to the UN, was Trump’s third national security adviser until he was fired in September last year.
He refused to testify in the House impeachment inquiry into Trump’s attempts to have Ukraine investigate his political rivals, which resulted in two articles of impeachment, concerning abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
He offered to testify in the Senate but Republicans voted not to call witnesses during a trial which duly ended in Trump’s acquittal, despite leaks from Bolton’s book manuscript seeming to show he possessed key knowledge about the affair.
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• President said book shouldn’t be published before election
• Key impeachment witness Marie Yovanovitch to release memoir
Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies
@MartinPengelly
Sat 22 Feb 2020 15.21 GMT
John Bolton is “a traitor” and his book should not be published before the election in November, Donald Trump reportedly told aides and media figures.
The president’s views on news of a book deal for Marie Yovanovitch, another key figure in the Ukraine scandal which led to Trump’s impeachment, were not immediately clear.
Bolton, a former ambassador to the UN, was Trump’s third national security adviser until he was fired in September last year.
He refused to testify in the House impeachment inquiry into Trump’s attempts to have Ukraine investigate his political rivals, which resulted in two articles of impeachment, concerning abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
He offered to testify in the Senate but Republicans voted not to call witnesses during a trial which duly ended in Trump’s acquittal, despite leaks from Bolton’s book manuscript seeming to show he possessed key knowledge about the affair.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/22/trump-john-bolton-traitor-book-marie-yovanovitch
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