Mitch McConnell is angry at White House over John Bolton manuscript, report says
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not know that President Donald Trump's administration had a copy of an explosive manuscript by ex-national security adviser John Bolton, a spokesman said.
And Kentucky's longtime senator, who has said he's in "total coordination" with the White House on the impeachment trial, reportedly isn't happy.
The New York Times reported Sunday that in his upcoming book, Bolton says Trump told him he did not want to release military aid to Ukraine until that country helped with investigations that could damage Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden.
Bolton's lawyer, Charles J. Cooper, told The Times he provided a copy of the book to the Trump administration on Dec. 30 to be reviewed for classified information.
A McConnell spokesman told The Courier Journal on Monday that the Senate majority leader "did not have any advance notice" that the National Security Council reportedly had a copy of Bolton's manuscript for weeks.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2020/01/27/trump-impeachment-mcconnell-angry-white-house-over-john-bolton-book/4589461002/
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trump has already denied he read the manuscript, which we all know is simply another lie. No way did trump not read it, and come up with a plan that would keep him from being removed from office, but would set it up for the senate republicans to continue their defense of him, even if that meant that some fo them would be risking their re-election this year.
Now they have a choice. Continue on and fall on their swords for "king trump", or find some way to get out of the mess they are in. It will be interesting to see what happens! 
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Trump to GOP -- You fucked up! You trusted us!
McConnell to GOP
McConnell to GOP
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... in a closing argument in a trial. I called it the “Animal House defense” in a fraud case about 10 years ago. I had to clean it up a little. 
