Donald Trump's lawyers push back forcefully against allegations from former national security advisor John Bolton, insisting the US president's dealings regarding Ukraine are not impeachable
National Security Advisor John Bolton adjusts his glasses as US President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, April 2, 2019.
Republicans faced fresh pressure to subpoena Bolton as a firsthand witness at Trump's Senate impeachment trial following new revelations, which could amount to damning evidence about the president's actions.in a draft of his forthcoming book, says Trump told him in August that he wanted to freeze military aid to Ukraine until Kiev helped with investigations of political rivals including Biden, his potential election opponent.
Four Republicans would need to join Democrats in the Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 edge, to allow testimony from Bolton and others. "In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination," Trump added. "If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book." In the Nixon and Clinton cases, he noted, there was bipartisan consensus between Democrats and Republicans in the House to impeach the president, unlike in the case against Trump, which split along party lines.Dershowitz joined Starr in arguing that American voters, not Congress, should decide Trump's fate in November.
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