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June 11, 2020
By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet- Commentary
For one magic moment, the eyes of the nation were on former National Security Adviser John Bolton. The impeachment of President Donald Trump was ongoing, and Bolton was known to have played a critical role behind the scenes of the Ukraine scheme at the heart of the proceedings charges. Reports indicated that his potential testimony would be explosive.
But Bolton refused to testify before the House of Representatives impeachment hearing, later saying he was only willing to testify for the Senate. Yet the Republican Party that would ultimately acquit Trump in the Senate refused to call any witnesses, so Boltons voice was never heard. At a critical moment in the nations history, Bolton chose to withhold potentially vital information from the public and from the officials tasked with adjudicating the presidents fitness to serve.
Now that cowardice has come back to bite him
Bolton has sought to publish a book recounting his time in the White House, which will delve into key events in the Ukraine saga. But with impeachment over and that scandal in the rearview mirror, interest in Boltons recollections has waned. So when his lawyer, Chuck Cooper, took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to complain that the White House is preventing Bolton from publishing his book, few observers were overflowing with sympathy. Cooper explained:
The purpose of prepublication review is to protect national-security secrets. Regulations disallow its use to prevent embarrassment to a person. Yet thats how the White House has used the process in this case. The effort violates those regulations and Mr. Boltons First and Fifth Amendment rights.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/john-boltons-spinelessness-has-come-back-to-haunt-him/
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Cry me a river.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)As usual, you have no idea what's going on.
You had your chance to testify before the House. Why didn't you? You had to know that McConnell would treat the impeachment trial in the most partisan manner possible.
So you had your chance and you blew it.
Now, just go away.
dem4decades
(11,296 posts)Walleye
(31,028 posts)tanyev
(42,568 posts)and then cancel the order when Bolton refused to testify. Win-win!
True Blue American
(17,986 posts)The Republicans have made their beds. Now they must lie in them.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)are the war mongers the biggest cowards?