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"Disgruntled former staffer who was fired....."

 

Five rockets fired. Three of them hit out embassy. But killing Soleimani made things safer.

US embassy attack: Rockets strike embassy compound in Baghdad - CNNPolitics

 

Well, that didn't take long. "He just wants to sell books."

 

Looks like the plan was to say he wanted to testify, Senate blocks it, then the book comes out to much sensation. That's as good a deal as Trump could get, not letting out till after the trial was over. It leaked early and screwed that up and he might actually have to testify... might. Maybe.

Nahhh.

 

Schiff: Justice Roberts should rule on relevance of Hunter Biden testimony

 

"The fine art of bureaucratic murder"



"Apparently, the book describes:

• In an August meeting about releasing the aid, Trump said he didn’t want to release it until Ukraine sent all documents pertaining to Biden and Hillary
• Mike Pompeo knew Rudy’s allegations about Marie Yovanovitch were false and believed Rudy may have been working for other clients when he floated them
• Bolton told Bill Barr that he was mentioned in the call in July; Barr has claimed he only learned that in August
• Contrary to Mick Mulvaney’s claims, the Chief of Staff was present on at least one call with Rudy
• Bolton, Pompeo, and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper counseled Trump to releasee the aid almost a dozen times

The details I most relish — not least because Dick Cheney hurt the country using his bureaucratic skills but included none of them in his autobiographical novel — are there bureaucratic details.

Mr. Bolton’s explosive account of the matter at the center of Mr. Trump’s impeachment trial, the third in American history, was included in drafts of a manuscript he has circulated in recent weeks to close associates.

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White House officials … said he took notes that he should have left behind when he departed the administration.

Bolton has notes. And “close associates” of his have drafts of the manuscript."

 

Bolton just dropped a big old turd in Moscow Mitch’s punch bowl.

 

This would be a lot of fun to watch unfold if the future of our nation wasn't at stake.

 

I bet his attorneys just loved having this drop on a Sunday afternoon.