With the U.S. Senate increasingly likely to call former National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, Trump’s lawyers are almost certain to assert executive privilege to block his testimony.Bolton poses a serious threat to Trump’s defense in light of reports of Bolton’s forthcoming book which corroborates one of the central allegations in the impeachment case against Trump — that the president tried to coerce Ukraine into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.But if Trump’s lawyers are determined to prevent Bolton from testifying, the claim of executive privilege is unlikely …read more
Source:: Voice of America
