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    Bolton Book Reportedly Contradicts DOJ Claims About Barr’s Knowledge Of Trump-Zelensky Call
    Jan27

    Bolton Book Reportedly Contradicts DOJ Claims About Barr’s Knowledge Of Trump-Zelensky Call

    Things just got stickier for Attorney General William Barr. Former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s book manuscript appears to contradict Justice Department assertions about how and when Barr first learned that President Donald Trump mentioned him on a now-infamous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The New York...

    C-SPAN Is So Hot Right Now
    Jan27

    C-SPAN Is So Hot Right Now

    People across America turn to it regularly. It’s getting lovingly roasted on late-night television. It’s going viral on YouTube with sizzling footage of Jerry Nadler talking two decades ago.C-SPAN is so hot right now. And that’s a symptom of something gone deeply wrong.The fact that so many people want to watch Congress’s...

    AP FACT CHECK: Trump Misstates the Record on John Bolton
    Jan27

    AP FACT CHECK: Trump Misstates the Record on John Bolton

    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 enters the second week of the impeachment trial and followed a fresh disclosure that Bolton claims Trump told him...

    Meghan McCain Defends Mike Pompeo’s NPR Meltdown, Compares Him to Adam Driver
    Jan27

    Meghan McCain Defends Mike Pompeo’s NPR Meltdown, Compares Him to Adam Driver

    at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Trump’s Lawyers Resume Defense in Impeachment Trial
    Jan27

    Trump’s Lawyers Resume Defense in Impeachment Trial

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers resume their impeachment defense Monday, as Democrats renew calls for witnesses in the Senate trial after accounts emerged of Trump telling his then national security adviser John Bolton he wanted to withhold military aid to Ukraine until it launched an investigation of a key Democratic rival.The New...

    Bolton Book Reveal Seems To Sway Some GOP Senators On Witnesses
    Jan27

    Bolton Book Reveal Seems To Sway Some GOP Senators On Witnesses

    An episode in former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s unpublished manuscript seems to be swaying at least a couple moderate Republicans to call for witnesses’ inclusion in the Senate impeachment trial. Bolton wrote of a meeting with President Donald Trump last August, where the President directly tied the Ukraine financial aid...

    Bolton Book Undermines Trump Impeachment Defense
    Jan27

    Bolton Book Undermines Trump Impeachment Defense

    The team around U.S. President Donald Trump is turning against his former national security adviser after John Bolton, in an upcoming book, undercuts one of the key points of the president’s defense in his impeachment trial.A senior legal adviser to the Trump re-election campaign, Jenna Ellis, who is also an attorney to the president,...

    ‘Fox & Friends’ Does Everything It Can to Defend Trump From Bolton Book Claims
    Jan27

    ‘Fox & Friends’ Does Everything It Can to Defend Trump From Bolton Book Claims

    The morning after it was revealed that former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Trump rages after reports that Bolton book claims president tied Ukraine aid to probes
    Jan27

    Trump rages after reports that Bolton book claims president tied Ukraine aid to probes

    Later Monday morning, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah told reporters, “I think it’s increasingly likely that other Republicans will join those of us who think we should hear from John Bolton.” …read more Source::...

    Romney Says It’s ‘Increasingly Important’ For Senate To Hear From Bolton
    Jan27

    Romney Says It’s ‘Increasingly Important’ For Senate To Hear From Bolton

    Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who is among a handful of Republicans who could cast a deciding vote to hear witnesses in the impeachment trial, said Monday that it’s “increasingly important” for the Senate to hear from John Bolton. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Romney said that he would “make a final decision on witnesses” after hearing...