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John Bolton summoned to Trump impeachment inquiry – BBC News, BBC News

John Bolton summoned to Trump impeachment inquiry – BBC News, BBC News


        

                                 Ex-US National Security Adviser John BoltonImage copyright                 EPA                                                      
Image caption                                    It is unclear if John Bolton will appear before the inquiry                             

Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton has been summoned to testify in the impeachment inquiry into

House of Representatives investigators have invited him to appear next month.

Mr Trump has denied using the power of his office to pressure Ukraine to investigate former US Vice-President Joe Biden and his son.

Mr Bolton likened the alleged proposal to a “drug deal”, according to witness testimony.

It is unclear if Mr Bolton, who left his position in September after falling out of favor with the president, will appear as scheduled on 7 November.

Mr Bolton was also alarmed about the interactions of President Trump’s private lawyer Rudy Giuliani with Ukraine, according to US media.

A Department of State diplomat stated told House impeachment investigators that Mr Bolton had warn ed him about Mr Giuliani’s influence with the president on Ukraine.

Mr Giuliani acknowledged last month in a TV interview having asked Ukraine to

The former US vice-president is a leading Democratic candidate to challenge Mr Trump for the White House next year .

            

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Media captionTrump impeachment: Last week was the most dramatic so far

Mr Bolton’s anger over efforts to pressure Ukraine for political help had reportedly led to heated confrontations inside the White House last summer.

Some of those details have also emerged in other witness testimonies, including that of President Trump’s former top aide to Russia, Fiona Hill .

Ms Hill, according to US media reports, testified that Mr Bolton was so alarmed that he asked her to alert White House lawyers about an alleged rogue effort by Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, Mr Giuliani and Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff.

“I am not part of whatever drug deal Sondland and Mulvaney are cooking up,” Mr Bolton said told Ms Hill.

            

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