Trump says he may invoke executive privilege if John Bolton is subpoenaed by Senate

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump suggested in a Fox News interview Friday that he would invoke executive privilege if former national security adviser John Bolton was subpoenaed for the Senate impeachment trial.

Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham asked the president in an interview whether he would block Bolton from testifying. "You can’t be in the White House as president — future, I’m talking about future, any future presidents — and have a security adviser, anybody having to do with security, and legal, and other things," Trump said.“Well I think you have to for the sake of the office,” Trump replied.

Pelosi delayed sending the articles, which accuse Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, since the House approved them Dec. 18. She said she wanted to know more about how the Senate would conduct its trial, including the state of new witnesses and evidence, before naming the lawmakers to serve as managers.

However, Bolton has hinted that he could offer new details about the Ukraine pressure campaign, and was personally mentioned by many of the witnesses that testified in the House's inquiry and trial. For example, Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council official, described in her testimony how concerned Bolton was by the linkage of aid and investigations.

House Democrats decided not to subpoena Bolton during their probe, arguing it would delay their investigation with a protracted court battle; instead, they labeled Bolton's refusal to appear as evidence of obstruction.

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Executive privilege because Trump is scared.

More evidence he has things to hide and knows his ass will be kicked out of the WH

More of Trump showing he's guilty.

For someone who apparently has nothing to hide, he seems to be trying to hide quite a bit

Says a guilty man. Trump has been a criminal his whole life. He has a whole grave in his closet.

Can't when it is about extortion.

“May” 😂

Just like any falsely accused person, he's absolutely unwilling to allow anyone to testify on his behalf. Oh, wait....

This proves Donald Trump doesn't want his name to be cleared from his impeachment trial?

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