5 takeaways from Bolton’s book via @nytimes 1. Trump tied his willingness to release aid to Ukraine on investigations he sought. 2. Trump was at odds with his senior national security officials. 3. Bolton says he talked to Barr and Pompeo about Giuliani.
4. Bolton is willing to testify. The White House doesn’t want him to. 5. The manuscript introduced a significant twist to the impeachment trial. One senator name-checked by Bolton is Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson.
Bolton said Johnson was at a meeting last May with Trump in which the president* railed about Ukraine trying to damage him politically. Which brings us up to date.
Also this is interesting via @washingtonpo Sarah Tinsley, a spokeswoman for Bolton, added: “The ambassador has not passed the draft manuscript to anyone else. Period.”
