Bolton Is A Weasel, But That Doesn't Mean He's Lying
Bolton says Trump appeased multiple dictators to help him cheat in the election. The question is, who didn't he ask?
by Bob Cesca
WASHINGTON, DC -- Yeah, I get it. Former National Security Adviser John Bolton was too much of a cowardly weasel to appear as a witness in the impeachment proceedings. Bolton should have agreed to testify in defiance of Donald Trump, and he’ll have to live with himself knowing that he could’ve made a difference when it mattered to the investigation.
We’re also going to have to reconcile this aspect of Bolton when we evaluate him, a notorious crackpot, as a political figure in the Trump White House as well as throughout the last 20 years or so. But none of that should diminish the impact of the allegations Bolton describes in his new book about his time working for Trump. The details are a separate matter that ought to keep us squarely focused on what Trump appears to be getting away with.
The first major bombshell to emerge from Bolton’s book is that Trump’s quest to cheat in the 2020 election involved a hell of a lot more than extorting President Zelensky of Ukraine in orde…