Posted on 01/26/2020 8:56:19 PM PST by conservative98
A top aide to former national security adviser John Bolton is disputing part of a Sunday report in The New York Times, which claimed Bolton had shared a manuscript of his forthcoming book with "close associates" -- and Bolton's lawyer is saying the National Security Council's review process of pending manuscripts is "corrupted" and apparently prone to leaks.
The Times reported that the manuscript included a bombshell claim that Trump explicitly linked a hold on Ukraine aid to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden. Trump told Bolton in August, according to a transcript of Bolton's forthcoming book reviewed by the Times, "that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens."
The Times further reported that Bolton had circulated "drafts of a manuscript he has circulated in recent weeks to close associates" and also "sent a draft to the White House for a standard review process for some current and former administration officials who write books."
Meanwhile, conservative commentators suggested Thursday evening that Bolton's team may be primarily trying to sell copies of his new book, and leaked the information themselves while using the media as unwitting tools.
Sarah Tinsley, a senior adviser to Bolton, told Fox News he had submitted a hard copy draft of his manuscript to the NSC [National Security Council] several weeks ago for "pre-publication review," but had not shared it with anyone else. The NSC is the White House's internal national security and foreign policy arm.
A "pre-publication review" is standard for any former government officials who held security clearances and publicly write or speak publicly about their official work. The review typically would focus on ferreting out any classified or sensitive material
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More hearsay from a guy with an axe to grind.
In the end President Trump did NOTHING impeachable and nothing that every other president HAS done including the Kenyan Clown Barry. It’s called politics and this typical idiot wants to win the book lottery and typically will say and write anything to be leaked to get book sales.
WTF is wrong with you, Bolton? You really had to write a book now? It’s all about you, right?
Smarmy, nasty war monger could NOT believe that Trump fired him.
Vindmann’s twin brother is in charge of the publication review at NSC.
I'm going with another theory, it was leaked because there are not going to be be witnesses. Either way, it was leaked, by Bolton.
Didn't he throw his own name in for a run at the White House in '16? lolz.
Fire Vindman and other lefty witless tools.
Oh, the deep state bit you?
So sorry to hear that. Really
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This just happens to leak tonight.
Like his bragger.
Vindman is loving his role in all this. He’s as bad as Schiff and Nadler.....he’s out to get Trump because he was kept out of the loop over in Ukraine.....everybody there skirted around him...they knew what he was.
Oh, brother.
Oh spelchek bother...
It’s the rag New York times.....enough said.
It’s the rag New York times.....enough said.
There was nothing stopping Bolton from reporting this to Schiff long ago, so it could be part of the case, yet he didn’t.
Even the Dems must be wondering what stopped him from reporting this conversation to them earlier.
What a puke he has turned out to be
Who is going to buy this tabloid trash? Bolton has put himself on the same level as the swampsters. Do you think his mama would have been proud? He probably told on people in school, too.
Bolton has toasted himself.
Hes forked.
Trump needs to fire every ex-Obama, ex-Bush and ex-Clinton leftover! None of them can be trusted and they all set their globalist agenda above the good of the American people!
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