And most trusted deputies, fiona hill. She said bolton called the administrations actions around ukraine a, quote, drug deal. But hearing it from bolton himself could be a game changer. Bolton is also the white house official who sent one of his deputies, hill, to report the misconduct of other white house aides to the White House Counsels Office and through the testimony of hill we know that bolton expressed himself sometimes in colorful terms. At one point describing Rudy Giuliani as, quote, a hand grenade who is going to blow everybody up. Politically speaking, hearing from a conservative fixture like bolton could represent a lightout moment for donald trump on process and on substance boltons participation in the impeachment inquiry could seal Donald Trumps fate as the first president in this countrys history to be impeached for conditioning military aid for an american ally on political dirt on a domestic rival. And as dramatic as it would be, boltops potential testimony may not e
Here thats become a criminal probe. Lets start on the impeachment inquiry. Our senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju is on capitol hill. Manu, good morning to you. Democrats are considering how they may draft formal articles of impeachment, cicilline saying, of course, thats part of our job. Were talking about what they may look like. Reporter yeah, its early in these discussions. This has been happening for some time behind the scenes, among mostly rank and file members, real serious negotiations about how they are drafted have yet to take place. Ultimately, that decisions going to be made by the speaker, and she has not yet made the decision about how to draft articles of impeachment. She contends she still hasnt made the decision about whether to impeach, but one reason why they are being circled about how exactly articles of impeachment would be drafted, what they would laich, is they are in face one of the inquiry, meaning closeddoor depositions. Were expecting several more