“I will consider every conversation with me as president highly classified. So that would mean that if he wrote a book, and if the book gets out, he’s broken the law. And I would think that he would have criminal problems, I would hope so. They’ll soon be in court.”
—Donald Trump, on his objections to former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s book The Room Where it Happened
“I don’t know of any book that’s been published so quickly while the officeholders are still in government, and it’s about very current events, current leaders and current discussions of current policy issues, many of which are inherently classified.”
—Trump’s legal lapdog William Barr, Bolton’s book. {Looks to me like someone’s scared to death of what the book might reveal.]
“Bolton directly witnessed not one, but multiple acts that could have been cited in the impeachment of President Donald Trump. But Bolton did nothing about it while he held a powerful post in the Trump administration. And he stayed quiet and took cover when Congress and the nation pleaded with him to speak out during the impeachment process. Yet now that he has entered book promo mode, Bolton suddenly has summoned the spine that he was sorely missing back when it would have made an actual difference. Bolton had ample opportunity to speak up throughout the months-long impeachment of Trump over the Ukraine scandal. House investigators first asked that he appear to give voluntary testimony; Bolton was a no-show. Bolton then retained counsel, who requested a subpoena and promised to go to the courts for adjudication.”
—CNN legal analyst Elle Honig, on Bolton’s waiting until now to speak out. [But…but…but if he’d testified, don’t you see it would have diminished the impact of the book’s revelations and thus, sales. Of course, Trump’s ill-fated lawsuit to stop publication only served to assure Bolton of a No. 1 bestseller. Yet another tactical blunder by the Tangerine Toddler.]
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