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This leak is by Anonymous or one of his ilk at the White House.

There is evidence that neither the accusation nor the defense, nor anyone in Congress were aware of this until the NYT published their article.

Damn! There goes your shot at getting Trump off on a technicality.

"My" shot? I certainly do not wish to see Trump go scot free. I am saying that the leak came from one of usual leakers in the White House. We'd almost forgive them for being there in the first place!

Anonymous wrote:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/29/trump-john-bolton-witness-trial-108698
As expected, Trump will block Bolton from speaking or publishing

As expected, Trump will TRY TO block Bolton from speaking or publishing.

Once again -- taking every possible step to prevent a witness from testifying is not something innocent people do.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/29/trump-john-bolton-witness-trial-108698
As expected, Trump will block Bolton from speaking or publishing

Hence the "box" that puts the administration in. It could force the District Court (is that Merrick Garland?) to declare there are crimes involved and thus not able to block the testimony.

Anonymous wrote:Most of what Bolton did is classified. Not sure what his book can say?

Now that Trump has tweeted about it, it is no logger privileged or classified.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/29/trump-john-bolton-witness-trial-108698
As expected, Trump will block Bolton from speaking or publishing

Anonymous wrote:
This leak is by Anonymous or one of his ilk at the White House.

There is evidence that neither the accusation nor the defense, nor anyone in Congress were aware of this until the NYT published their article.

Damn! There goes your shot at getting Trump off on a technicality.

Anonymous wrote:Most of what Bolton did is classified. Not sure what his book can say?

Contrary to what this administration thinks, not every conversation with the president is classified.

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Anonymous wrote:Bolton = the new liberal hero.

People like to think in black and white, but no. Bolton is famous for harassing underlings and colleagues when he's upset. Not a sympathetic character AT ALL.
He has also defended some pretty heinous actions taken by previous administrations.

However, he is not a habitual liar like the President, and in this instance he is telling the truth. We don't need to like people to include their witness accounts.

+1
At this point he’s just providing corroboration of what we already know, but he can go a little further with what he saw personally.

Anonymous wrote:Bolton = the new liberal hero.

People like to think in black and white, but no. Bolton is famous for harassing underlings and colleagues when he's upset. Not a sympathetic character AT ALL.
He has also defended some pretty heinous actions taken by previous administrations.

However, he is not a habitual liar like the President, and in this instance he is telling the truth. We don't need to like people to include their witness accounts.

Most of what Bolton did is classified. Not sure what his book can say?

What idiot made this guy national security adviser?

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Anonymous wrote:The leaking on the left is so predictable...

You worry about the leaking, not the criminal behavior and lying by POTUS. So typical of a Republican. No one in the WH with access to the manuscript has been shown to be liberal anyway. It's probably a conservative who is concerned about a criminal "president." LOL. He's being out played at every turn.

This. So typical of the GOP. Don’t worry about the misdeed - or crime - and instead worry about the messenger who had the courage to call it out. Shameless, criminal, cowards.

You know what mobs do to snitches?

Those pinkos on the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board have spoken:

"Bolton can help everyone, including himself, by erasing any doubt about what he knows. He can tell the American public what he wrote—now, before the Senate votes on witnesses. Lay it all out."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-john-bolton-report-11580170841?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/5YvgqzjYDM

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Anonymous wrote:The leaking on the left is so predictable...

The left? It is Bolton's book and there was a copy sent to the white house. Who on the left is involved?

The publisher? The agent? Some Obama-holdout in State?

? I thought the leak came from the WH. And I'm pretty sure Trump has gotten rid of all Obama era holdouts.

You seem to think only liberals are leakers. No. Sure, Trump cult members wouldn't leak, but there are Rs who are not Trump fans (Bolton, #neverTrumpers) who would gladly see Trump fall.

There's also Trump acolytes who have been encouraged to backstab and infight in order to get ahead. Not to mention that this is the same political team that released the "transcript" and keeps telling us to read it.

Given what we know about how miserable Trump is to work for and how abusive he is even to his loyal plebes, is it not possible that there is a contingent, even if small, of WH aides who are most certainly NOT liberal who want to undermine Trump?

Pence may not be the charismatic autocrat Trump is but he’ll do; he’s certainly pulling for the same issues (tax breaks, end Social Security / Medicare, gun rights, end abortion access, theocracy, Isreal, etc).

The calculus would be to get the lunatic out of the office before he further damages the party and install someone who is inclined to serve the Dominionist agenda without the constant drama and recklessness.