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'GAME OVER,' Trump declares, as old Bolton, Schiff videos surface amid Senate impeachment trial
A string of newly resurfaced video clips of former national security adviser John Bolton spurred President Trump and his supporters Wednesday to highlight what they described as serious credibility questions -- raised by both Democrats and Republicans -- amid the Senate impeachment trial, as the president tweeted, "GAME OVER!"
A string of newly resurfaced video clips of former national security adviser John Bolton spurred President Trump and his supporters Wednesday to highlight what they described as serious credibility questions -- raised by both Democrats and Republicans -- amid the Senate impeachment trial, as the president tweeted, "GAME OVER!"
In his tweet, Trump linked to an interview of Bolton in August 2019 where he discusses Ukraine policy. In the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview clip, Bolton makes no mention of any illicit quid pro quo, and acknowledges, as Republicans have claimed, that combating "corruption" in Ukraine was a "high priority" for the Trump administration.
Bolton also calls Trump's communications with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "warm and cordial," without mentioning any misconduct. The video seemingly contradicts reported assertions in Bolton's forthcoming book, “The Room Where It Happened,” that Trump explicitly told him he wanted to tie military aid to Ukraine to an investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden.
Separately, Fox News has identified clips of Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., now the lead House impeachment manager, in which he says Bolton had a distinct "lack of credibility" and was prone to "conspiracy theories." This week, Schiff said Bolton needed to testify in the impeachment trial as an important and believable witness. Click here for more on our top story.
Other developments in Trump's Senate impeachment trial:
- Justice Roberts blocks Sen. Rand Paul from naming whistleblower, source says -- and Paul may force the issue
- White House told Bolton to remove classified material from manuscript before publication
- Dershowitz mounts unconventional defense of Trump
- Schiff denies knowing Trump whistleblower
- Justice Roberts blocks Sen. Rand Paul from naming whistleblower, source says -- and Paul may force the issue
- White House told Bolton to remove classified material from manuscript before publication
- Dershowitz mounts unconventional defense of Trump
- Schiff denies knowing Trump whistleblower
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