Trump Will Invoke Executive Privilege to Block Bolton Testimony
Donald Trump,John Bolton,Impeachment,Executive Privilege,Congress,White House,Politics
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President Donald Trump said the White House plans to invoke executive privilege to prevent former National Security Adviser John Bolton from testifying in the Senate impeachment trial expected to begin next week.
“I think you have to for the sake of the office,” Trump said in an interview Friday with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham when asked whether he would take steps to stop the possible testimony.
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