Former National Security Adviser John Bolton asked White House aide Fiona Hill touse her testimony to House investigators to help distance him from the Ukraine pressure campaign, the New York Times reported.
According to two people familiar with the Monday testimony who spoke to the Times, Bolton asked Hill to tell the House committees that he was “not part of whatever drug deal (Gordon) Sondland and (Mick) Mulvaney are cooking up.” Hill testified that Bolton was so bothered by the pressure campaign efforts in the White House that he asked Hill to alert White House lawyers about the dealings.
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Source:: TPM