Trump`s impeachment defense team pretends Bolton news does not exist
(The Guardian United States)

The ex-national security adviser´s book reportedly implicates the president in abuse of power over UkraineLawyers for Donald Trump opted for a high-risk strategy in the sixth day of the president´s impeachment trial on Monday, avoiding mention of a major new development in the case even as Trump tweeted about it and some Republican senators told reporters that the tide against calling witnesses may have shifted.On Sunday night, news broke that the former national security adviser John Bolton had written a book undermining the central claim of Trump´s defense, that Trump had never conditioned military aid for Ukraine on an announcement of investigations tied to his political rivals. Continue reading...