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Trump Tied Ukraine Aid to Inquiries He Sought, Bolton Book Says — Drafts of the book outline the potential testimony of the former national security adviser if he were called as a witness in the president's impeachment trial. — WASHINGTON — President Trump told his national security adviser …
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Republicans fear “floodgates” if Bolton testifies — There may be enough new pressure on Senate Republicans to allow witnesses at President Trump's impeachment trial, after the leak from a forthcoming book by former national security adviser John Bolton that contradicts what the White House has been telling the country.
New York Times:
John Roberts Can Call Witnesses to Trump's Trial. Will He? — Democratic House managers should ask the chief justice to issue subpoenas for John Bolton and others. — Mr. Katyal and Mr. Geltzer are law professors at Georgetown. Mr. Edwards is a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Claiming John Bolton is just another ‘deep state’ James Comey is absurd — The idea that John Bolton, a lifelong conservative and loyal Republican, is some sort of deep state James Comey clone out to sell books by making up stories to damage President Trump, is patently absurd.
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
GOP senators angry new leaked details support case against Trump — A leaked manuscript revealed former national security adviser John Bolton said Trump did demand Ukraine investigate Biden in order to receive critical military aid. — A manuscript of former national security adviser John …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Four big takeaways from the explosive John Bolton revelations — We have now learned precisely what John Bolton is prepared to tell us about President Trump's Ukraine extortion scheme. This is terribly inconvenient for Republican senators who are frantically searching for ways to vote …
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George Conway / Washington Post:
Bolton's testimony would be devastating. Not even Republicans could look away. — Search the transcript of Saturday's impeachment trial, as President Trump's lawyers began their opening arguments, and you'll see there's a name nowhere to be found: John Bolton, the former national security adviser.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Defense Team to Present Arguments Following Bolton's ‘800-Pound Gorilla’ — Democrats reiterate demand for former national security adviser to testify at impeachment trial, as president's attorneys consider retooling arguments — WASHINGTON—President Trump's defense team will seek …
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John Bolton / Amazon.com:
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir — Kindle Edition — See the Best Books of the Month — Want to know our Editors' picks for the best books of the month? Browse Best Books of the Month, featuring our favorite new books in more than a dozen categories.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
John Bolton's bombshell gives the GOP a glimpse of its nightmare scenario — We finally got a taste Sunday night of what former national security adviser John Bolton might tell President Trump's Senate impeachment trial — if he's called to testify, that is.
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
5 Takeaways on Trump and Ukraine From John Bolton's Book — New revelations from the former White House national security adviser could complicate President Trump's impeachment trial. — WASHINGTON — President Trump directly tied the withholding of almost $400 million in American security aid …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Bolton means for impeachment
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Republican senators privately complain they were blindsided by Bolton.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
John Bolton went to Bill Barr with concerns about Giuliani's ‘shadow foreign policy’ in Ukraine: report
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Associated Press:
Kobe Bryant and daughter among those killed in chopper crash — CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday.
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Tom Elliott / Grabien News:
MSNBC Makes Worst Broadcasting Blooper, Anchor Appears to Use Racial Epithet While Covering Kobe Tragedy
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TMZ.com:
Kobe Bryant & Daughter Die in Helicopter Crash, Photos from Her Last Game
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Bill Plaschke / Los Angeles Times:
Column: How can Kobe Bryant be gone? His legend wasn't supposed to end this way
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Biden's Iowa Problem: Our Poll Suggests His Voters Aren't the Caucusing Type — Why there's a wide split in recent surveys in the state. — With one week to go until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden finds himself in a seemingly unimaginable position: needing to mobilize older voters who are usually the most consistent voters.
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How record-high turnout in Iowa could shuffle the 2020 race
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David Catanese / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘No clear winner:’ Iowa Democrats fear caucuses won't anoint a 2020 frontrunner
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William B. Taylor / New York Times:
Yes, Secretary Pompeo, Americans Should Care About Ukraine — A former ambassador tells the secretary of state just why. — Mr. Taylor is a former United States ambassador to Ukraine. — As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prepares to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv later this week …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Emails support NPR host after Pompeo calls her a liar in setting up contentious interview — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says an NPR host lied in setting up an interview with him on Friday, but email records support the journalist's account of how the contentious exchange came to be.
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Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
Journalist who linked to story about Kobe Bryant rape case suspended — Felicia Sonmez (right), who covers national politics for The Washington Post, posted a link to a story about the Kobe Bryant rape case from 2003 on Sunday - hours after he died.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Read the Kobe Bryant-Related Tweets That Led Washington Post to Suspend Reporter Felicia Sonmez
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New York Times:
Bernie Sanders and His Internet Army — At the start of his 2020 bid, the Vermont senator told his supporters that he condemned bullying. Is it his problem if many don't seem to listen? — The defense from Bernie Sanders was straightforward: It wasn't me.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Bernie Can't Win — “Left but not woke” is the Bernie Sanders brand. If anybody failed to recognize it before, nobody can miss it now. Last week, the mega-podcaster Joe Rogan endorsed Sanders. The Sanders campaign tweeted video of the Rogan endorsement from Sanders's own account.
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