Former Donald Trump national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday that he would agree to testify at the President’s recall trial if he received a formal Senate injunction.
“If the Senate adopted an injunction to obtain my testimony, I would be ready to testify,” he said in a statement posted on his Twitter account.
Sacked on September 10 because of disagreements with Donald Trump, John Bolton greatly interested the Democratic opposition at the origin of the dismissal procedure against the republican billionaire.
She believes the former adviser could provide information on the pressure exerted by the White House to force Ukraine to investigate one of the President’s rivals, Joe Biden, and in particular the blocking of close military aid of $ 400 million.
The Democrats, who control the House of Representatives, investigated the pressures for almost three months and finally charged Donald Trump on December 18 with “abuse of power”.
In this historic vote, they also retained a leader of “obstructing the proper functioning of Congress” against Donald Trump, in particular because the White House prohibited the advisers of the president from testifying in Congress.
It is now up to the Senate, controlled by the Republicans, to judge him but the opening of the trial is the subject of a political showdown: the elected Democrats of the House refuse to transmit the indictment to their colleagues of the Senate without guarantee of a “fair” trial. In particular, they are calling for the attendance of four witnesses, including John Bolton.
During their investigation, the Democrats had given up calling him, the latter having said that he would not appear before the parliamentarians before justice said if the presidential advisers could exceed the White House ban.
A court, seized by a former collaborator of Mr. Bolton, finally closed the file without ruling last week.
“Consequently, when my testimony is in question again, I decided to resolve this question as best I can,” writes John Bolton again, announcing that he would comply with an injunction.
However, it would take 51 votes out of 100 senators for him to be summoned, or four defections from the Republican ranks, which seems difficult.
During the vote in the House, all the republican elected representatives voted against the impeachment of the president, the third in history to experience such an “impeachment”. And their Senate leader Mitch McConnell makes no secret of his intention to acquit the president as soon as possible.
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