Trump Denies Telling Bolton That Ukraine’s Aid Depended on Biden Investigations

Reported today on The New York Times

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Trump Denies Telling Bolton That Ukraine's Aid Depended on Biden InvestigationsHours after an article described an unpublished manuscript by his former national security adviser, President Trump rejected John Bolton's account.WASHINGTON - President Trump on Monday pushed back on a firsthand account from his former national security adviser, John R. Bolton, about tying military aid for a foreign ally to his own personal agenda, as senators consider the president's future in the Oval Office."I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens," Mr. Trump wrote just after midnight, referring to a widely debunked theory that the president had pursued about former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son Hunter.In an unpublished manuscript of his upcoming book, Mr. Bolton described the White House decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine until he left the White House in September. As national security adviser, Mr. Bolton would have been involved in many of the high-level discussions about Ukraine.I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens. In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination. If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book. With that being said, the... - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2020

Mr. Bolton's account directly undercuts one of Mr. Trump's defense arguments, that the frozen funding was not connected to his petitioning of Ukraine's leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, to help him in the 2020 presidential election by announcing an anticorruption investigation into the Bidens.The new details come at a time when senators approach making a final decision - possi

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