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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/bolton-may-have-known-about-devin-nunes-and-thats-why-he-didnt-want-to-testify-in-the-house-ex-republican-rep/One of the strange comments from former national security adviser John Bolton was that he was willing to testify before the Senate but not the House. Democrats had no knowledge or expectations of what Bolton would say, though his story is now being slowly leaked from excerpts of his manuscript. It prompted speculation from former Florida Republican Rep. David Jolly during an MSNBC discussion Friday.
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace explained that she thought the House managers did an exceptional job, but who disgraced the Republicans was Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA).
I mean, is it possible that John Bolton just didnt want to sit in front of Devin Nunes, who may be another thug, another Lev Parnas figure in the entire smear campaign? Wallace asked.
Yeah, but I think were going to find out that Bolton knew some of what Nunes was doing, said Jolly. Maybe thats why he didnt want to testify. But Ill tell you, Nicolle, it struck me, the more we talk about John Bolton, and this reporting today from the New York Times, that Bolton was in the room and Bolton knew about this. You know who else was in the room at one point, and learned the same things? The whistleblower. And he went to Congress. You know who else? Lt. Col. Vindman. And he went to Congress. Fiona Hill, went to Congress.
The president and his team never created room for Republicans on the Hill to be reasonable, Jolly continued. And what will be interesting you know apparently what is driving the delay is Senators want to be able to go on the record. And that happened on the House, they opened the floor up for two days and any member who wanted to speak, they let them speak. So, I think what were seeing is, if you didnt have this delay then the senate record would only be the presentation and the written questions. So, this allows senators to speak It will be telling because we all are gleaning some of the perspectives now from written statements of the senators. Marco Rubio said, just because a president engages in an impeachable behavior doesnt mean you should remove him from office.
Jolly went on: I think [Lisa] Murkowski (R-AK) surprised a lot of people because she said its the Houses fault that this process has become so corrupt we cant prove. Even [Rob] Portman (R-WI) kind of took his ding at the House. So, I think what were seeing is some of the initial statements is, nerves are kind of, theyre raw right now.
Whats so interesting is that this is arguably the worst case of what Bolton has had to say yet, said former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance about the revelations released from the Bolton book.
He went on to say that Bolton has got to do the same because its the only way his story can be entered into the record.
When it came to the way the White House ran the impeachment, Jolly explained the political fallout for Senators is going to be brutal whether they go on the record or not.
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Bolton may have known about Devin Nunes and that's why he didn't want to testify in the House (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Jan 2020
OP
I think that's wishful thinking -- this is still John Bolton and he still helped start the Iraq war.
tandem5
Jan 2020
#3
It's interesting that Bolton approached the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and
Mike 03
Jan 2020
#5
Since Bolton claims this Ukraine scheme started in Jan, and he stayed on until Sept, fully aware,
Midnight Writer
Jan 2020
#7
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)1. Devin Nunes, Bill Barr, Lindsay Graham...
Holy fuck....
Wounded Bear
(58,743 posts)2. He knows Nunes would run off to the White House and spill everything...nt
tandem5
(2,072 posts)3. I think that's wishful thinking -- this is still John Bolton and he still helped start the Iraq war.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)4. I can't imagine Bolton refusing to testify because of Nunes...
Bolton has always struck me as someone who isn't easily intimidated by much of anything. He's an asshole and I hate his policies, but I have to disagree with Nicole on this one.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)5. It's interesting that Bolton approached the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and
Eliot Engel, a committee Nunes is not on. Maybe he would have testified before them.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)6. Maybe he couldn't trust any GOPers . .
Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)7. Since Bolton claims this Ukraine scheme started in Jan, and he stayed on until Sept, fully aware,
and held back his testimony until it was too late, he is as tainted as any of them, including Nunes.