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Newsdeck: White House objects to Bolton book; Trump impeachment trial starts new phase
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday objected to the publication of a book written by President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton that depicts Trump as playing a central role in a pressure campaign on Ukraine, as the Senate impeachment trial entered a new phase. …read more...
Impeachment trial: Donald Trump launches scathing attack on John Bolton
Washington – President Donald Trump unleashed his sharpest attack yet on John Bolton after his former national security adviser depicted Trump as playing a central role in a politically motivated pressure campaign on Ukraine, as the U.S. Senate prepared on Wednesday to enter a new phase in the president’s impeachment trial. Senators...
Donald Trump lawyers to wrap up defence as impeachment trial intensifies
Washington – Lawyers for President Donald Trump were set on Tuesday to wrap up their arguments urging acquittal in his U.S. Senate trial after making the case that explosive allegations by former national security adviser John Bolton – even if true – do not represent an impeachable offense. The impeachment trial has been roiled...
Donald Trump’s lawyers start impeachment defence but steer clear of Bolton book
Washington – President Donald Trump’s legal team is raising a broad-based attack on the impeachment case against him even as it mostly brushes past allegations in a new book that could undercut a key defense argument at his Senate trial. Former national security adviser John Bolton writes in a manuscript that Trump wanted to withhold...
Impeachment Trial: 5 times Donald Trump and his lawyers got the facts wrong
Washington — President Donald Trump stated falsely Monday that House Democrats never called his former national security adviser to testify in their impeachment inquiry. Actually they did. Trump’s tweet about John Bolton came as the Senate entered the second week of the impeachment trial, where his defense team stretched the facts on...
Trump defense lawyers attack Bidens at impeachment trial
US President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday defended his request that Ukraine investigates Joe Biden and his son Hunter. …read more Source:: Standard...
Donald Trump impeachment could impact the control of US Senate
Washington – President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial may not result in his removal from office, but it could help determine whether his Republicans retain control of the Senate in the November congressional elections. For the handful of senators who face tough re-election battles this year, their vote to acquit or convict Trump, or...
John Bolton rattles Trump’s impeachment trial
US President Donald Trump and his defence team at his impeachment trial appear to be rattled following the disclosure by former National Security Adviser John Bolton that indeed there was a quid pro quo about US aid to Ukraine. Excerpts from Bolton’s new book leaked Sunday, claimed that Trump told him that Ukraine aid was … The post...
Donald Trump claims John Bolton lied about Ukraine aid to boost book sales
Moscow – US President Donald Trump said on Monday that claims made by former US National Security Adviser John Bolton about how the release of military aid for Ukraine was made conditional on the latter’s investigation into the Democratic Party were a mere ploy to sell his book. The New York Times newspaper reported on Sunday, citing...
News24.com | Bolton says Trump wanted to tie Ukraine aid to probe: report
Former national security advisor John Bolton alleges in a book draft that President Donald Trump wanted to freeze Ukrainian military aid until Kiev investigated his political rivals, The New York Times has reported. …read more Source::...
