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Away News I m David for Republicans have been straining to contain the fallout over former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton s upcoming book even as President Trump s impeachment trial continues in the Senate A.P. s Saager may Ghani has more Bolton writes he personally heard President traumatized withholding aid to Ukraine for investigations of Joe Biden Democrats like Adam Schiff say Bolton should be subpoenaed to testify the president s impeachment trial to further proof wrongdoing you can erase all doubt the president s calling the book nasty and untrue wild also saying it has classified national security material the White House has told Bolton s lawyer that information cannot be published g.o.p. Leaders have told senators Cawley Bolton could set off a long legal fight and delay the president s expected acquittal deputy White House counsel Padfield and also warned that this institution will be effectively paralyzed for months on end Saager Magni Washington
As a Day Out top story this morning the government has a big decision to make about the Chinese tech company Huawei with the details his Our security correspondent Gordon Corera this morning ministers and intelligence chiefs will gather for one of the most contentious and significant decisions the National Security Council has had to take whether to let the Chinese company qual way play a role in building the U.K. s 5 g. Telecoms network after an outline of the issue they will be presented with what essentially boils down to 2 options the 1st is to exclude the company entirely that s what the U.K. s closest ally the United States wants but it would come at a significant economic cost the 2nd option is to allow Huawei in but with restrictions on where and how it operates in order to try to manage the risk Boris Johnson insists he won t put national security at risk when ministers make that decision but there have been warnings from the us that British sovereignty is in danger if a is a
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The way news. Is there s growing pressure on Republican senators to call former trump national security advisor John Bolton to testify and the president and preachment trial after Mr Bolton undercut a key defense argument in a book to read if he Washington correspondents are going to Gunny Bolton writes The president told him he wanted to withhold security aid from Ukraine until it helped him investigate Joe Biden the president s denying it nothing was ever said to Congress but Chuck Schumer and Democrats jumped this is stunning saying it s now vital that Bolton and others testify at least 4 other Republicans would need to buck the party leaders and forcing testimony John Bolton s relevance to our decision has come as become increasingly for Mitt Romney and Susan Collins say the Bolton book strengthens the case for testimony but g.o.p. Colleagues like John Barrasso are shrugging it off take a breath let s listen to the president s lawyers Saager Magni Washington and update on the coro