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by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
Reason.com
Bolton the Disrupter. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R–Ky.) says Republicans don’t have enough votes to block witnesses from testifying in the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, which means we could soon see John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, giving us a personal preview of his new book from the Senate floor.
The upcoming book—a draft of which was leaked to The New York Times recently—includes details about Bolton’s alleged concern over Trump’s relationships with leaders of Ukraine, China, and Turkey. It also backs up quid-pro-quo claims at the center of Trump’s impeachment trial.