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defense, the shocking news this morning from the new york times confirming that not only does john bolton have a book coming out in march, but in it bolton says he was witness to the president saying he wanted to hold off on aid to ukraine until they announced an investigation into the bidens. brian stelter, the anchor of reliable sources is with us. brian, we heard a book was coming. we knew thfls r this was in the. but now we know a lot more of when it s coming out and what s in it. yes, the book about when and where it happened is due to come out march 17. we know what bolton is doing. the new york times story from sunday night came out, and within an hour or two, amazon.com suddenly an a listing for this book so people could start to pre-order it. it s listed as being about 500
wants to testify. he wants to tell his story and i don t think it would be very favorable for the president. barbara, is it bolton, or are there any other cards that democrats can play in the senate that could change this dynamic? i think we need to keep in mind there s two phases here, right? the senate is where the trial is. are we ready to vote on articles of impeachment? i think yes. this is like the charging phase in a criminal case, grand jury. all you need is probable cause to believe that you are advancing to the next phase. so, in the next phase, that s where you can have additional witnesses like a john bolton come testify. so there with a subpoena, perhaps, he could be a powerful witness. but i don t think they need him at this phase. i think the time has come to call to question, as you would say in parliamentary procedure, a vote on the articles of impeachment. there s probable cause to believe that the president has committed an impeachable offense, be impeached.
interests. so it s going to be interesting to see what they do with the position now, having nikki haley exit the administration opens up a bit of a power vacuum. what we see as moving someone potentially with less diplomatic experience and public service experience. someone who has played a spokesperson role historically. prior to that being in a more journalistic role. so this could be a means for other people in the administration, be it bolton, be it others, to consolidate their power in terms of our foreign policy and to consolidate their envelope and their portfolio here. again, what you see is one of the most outspoken and charismatic figures of this administration stepping asides. and that opens up a space and i wouldn t be surprise to see a power grab from folks inside the white house. page, evan perez reports that big barr, the president s nominee for attorney general, took the job and initially didn t want it but some republican power players urged him to take for the go
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