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A report that John Bolton’s unpublished memoir describes Trump as linking frozen Ukraine aid to investigations of Democrats landed like a grenade in the middle of the impeachment trial. It directly challenged the White House’s central argument that the aid hold and the political pressure campaign were unrelated.
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A report that John Bolton’s unpublished memoir describes Trump as linking frozen Ukraine aid to investigations of Democrats landed like a grenade in the middle of the impeachment trial. It directly challenged the White House’s central argument that the aid hold and the political pressure campaign were unrelated.
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A report that John Bolton’s unpublished memoir describes Trump as linking frozen Ukraine aid to investigations of Democrats landed like a grenade in the middle of the impeachment trial. It directly challenged the White House’s central argument that the aid hold and the political pressure campaign were unrelated.
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