WASHINGTON (AP) – Former national security adviser John Bolton took center stage at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial even though he was nowhere near the Capitol.
Bolton’s claims in a forthcoming book – that Trump told him he wanted to withhold security aid from Ukraine until it launched investigations into political rival Joe Biden – ramped up pressure on GOP senators to call him to testify.
Trump’s legal team has repeatedly insisted there was no linkage, and Trump tweeted on Monday that he never told Bolton such a thing.
Biden’s son Hunter also came under scrutiny as Trump’s lawyers focused on his high-paying job with a Ukrainian energy company when his father was vice president.
Highlights of Monday’s session and what’s ahead as senators conduct just the third impeachment trial of a president.