Trump will try to block Bolton impeachment testimony; Senate to get case next week, Pelosi says [View all]
Source: LaTimes
Jan. 10, 2020 11:54 AM
President Trump said Friday he would invoke executive privilege to try to block his former national security advisor from testifying in a Senate impeachment trial as Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will be prepared to move articles of impeachment to the Senate next week.
Trump’s statement, in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, marked the first time he openly said he would try to block John Bolton from testifying if the Senate were to subpoena his former advisor.
“I think you have to, for the sake of the office,” he said when Ingraham asked if he would try to prevent such testimony.
Whether the Senate would have to accept an executive privilege claim in an impeachment trial is an issue that’s never been resolved.
Trump’s statement came as Pelosi signaled an end to a standoff between House Democrats and Senate Republicans that has delayed a Senate trial of the case.
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Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-01-10/pelosi-trump-impeachment-case
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