Senaterepublicans blocked push to subpoena Bolton in impeachment trial

I have seen people criticizing Bolton for not testifying at Trump's impeachment trial. Cleaning out some old newspapers, I saw that after the trial got to the Senate, he did state that he was willing to testify. However, republicans in the Senate blocked a subpoena for him to testify.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/bolton-testify-impeachment-trial.html

Senate blocks push to subpoena Bolton in impeachment trial

By Nicholas Fandos and Michael S. Schmidt
Published Jan. 6, 2020 Updated Jan. 8, 2020

ohn R. Bolton, the former White House national security adviser, said on Monday that he was willing to testify at President Trump’s impeachment trial, putting new pressure on Republicans to call witnesses and raising the possibility of revelations as the Senate weighs Mr. Trump’s removal.

Mr. Bolton’s surprise declaration, in a statement on his website, was a dramatic turn that could alter the political dynamic of the impeachment process in the Senate and raise the risks for Mr. Trump of Republican defections. The former national security adviser is a potentially vital witness, with direct knowledge of presidential actions and conversations regarding Ukraine that could fill in blanks in the narrative of the impeachment case.

It came as the House continued to withhold the articles of impeachment necessary to start the trial in a bid to increase Democratic leverage in Senate negotiations over calling Mr. Bolton and three other administration witnesses the president blocked from testifying in the House inquiry.

“I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify,” Mr. Bolton said in the statement.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/479294-senate-blocks-push-to-subpoena-bolton-in-impeachment-trial

By Jordain Carney - 01/22/20 01:06 AM EST

Senate blocks push to subpoena Bolton in impeachment trial

Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats to include a deal on former national security adviser John Bolton's testimony in the impeachment trial rules.

Democrats forced a vote in the early morning hours Wednesday on calling Bolton to testify, but it was tabled, effectively pigeonholing it, in a 53-47 party-line vote.

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