Schiff blasts Bolton for not testifying after release of excerpts

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said former White House national security adviser John Bolton “may be an author, but he’s no patriot” after excerpts from his book claims that House Democrats committed “impeachment malpractice” in limiting their inquiry to Ukraine.

“Bolton’s staff were asked to testify before the House to Trump’s abuses, and did. They had a lot to lose and showed real courage,” Schiff tweeted. “When Bolton was asked, he refused, and said he’d sue if subpoenaed. Instead, he saved it for a book.”

“Bolton may be an author, but he’s no patriot," the House Intelligence Committee chairman and manager of the House impeachment effort concluded.

An early copy of the book, which is set to release next Tuesday, was obtained by the New York Times and the Washington Post, who published excerpts on Wednesday.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/503264-schiff-blasts-bolton-for-not-testifying-after-release-of-excerpts

[Roy Rolling]

1. He Speaks for Us All

Bolton is reprehensible. I have been looking forward to not buying his book for months.

I will not buy the book at every opportunity.

[soothsayer]

2. It's true

I still hope it helps the cause

[Historic NY]

3. Bolton might want to live in the Congress prison

[link:https://www.aoc.gov/facts/us-capitol-prisons|]

[John Fante]

4. I've always said that conservative patriotism is as authentic as

a three dollar bill. Bolton is trash.

[zentrum]

19. You nailed it.

[erronis]

21. Along with Kissinger and many other right-leaning academics/lobbyists. They're their for the $$$

[Nikki28]

5. ok so

what can Adam Schiff do now? It can't be too late for a trail because lady G is doing one in the Senate I think for the traitor. They should just impeach as an ad on and not send it to the Senate. Hold it in Nancy's balls.

[Iliyah]

6. Money over country . . .

that seems to be a pattern for the republican party.

[diva77]

16. Now it's crystal clear to me why he has always been a warmonger. $$$$$$$$$$$$

There was never patriotism behind his "philosophy."

[IcyPeas]

7. I ask myself, would it have mattered even if he had testified?

the fix was in.

[TomCADem]

9. Yes, It Would Have Totally Mattered...

...Bolton would have sold a lot less books if all he offered was a repeat of his prior testimony.

[BigOleDummy]

11. Agreed

And at least he did finally say something. We saw how much good his staffers who did testify did. There was no way the Senate majority leader was going to let his boy go down in flames. The whole damn party is rotten to the core with graft and corruption. If our chump in chief was convicted in the "upper house" then he would have brought out his book of secrets and the whole stinking mess of them would be in jail as we speak.

[diva77]

17. It would have mattered because truth matters. Period.

Perhaps others would have stepped forward as well.

[stopdiggin]

27. but it kind of blows up the "impeachment malpractice"

refrain right? --- "They should have investigated more .. but not on my watch"

And that's how you play it when you're John Bolton.

[chia]

8. Hear, hear!

[LakeArenal]

10. I always wonder about it. I found this..

The correct term is, “hear, hear!” It is an abbreviation for “hear, all ye good people, hear what this brilliant and eloquent speaker has to say!” This NY Times article cites a SpellWeb.com statistic: On the Web, “here here” outpolls the correct “hear hear” 153,000 to 42,000.Feb 10, 2020
https://whatis.techtarget.com › ...
“Here, here” or “hear, hear?” - WhatIs.com - TechTarget

So thanks I learned something today.

[erronis]

22. Tanks! Always good to hear something good here!

[LakeArenal]

24. Haha. At least we Dems know the difference in the two words.

[Paladin]

12. Wonkette.com has it right: Bolton deserves to be kicked in the dick.

He'll make millions off that book, but his stature as a patriot has gone down the toilet, forever. I've always thought he was an asshole, so my judgment of him has proven valid to a fault.

[NBachers]

23. That says it all right there. He already deserved to be kicked in the dick; he deserves it more now!

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. He's definitely no "patriot". And, as far as I'm concerned - since I'm NOT buying his

book - no "author" either.

He had a chance to show some backbone, like so many Republicans, but he whiffed.

He'll trudge into his own sad, fading sunset doing Yosemite Sam impressions at kids' backyard birthday parties.

History will forget he ever existed.

[trof]

14. Schiff for AG.

[warmfeet]

15. Bolton is no better than tRump.

He is an accomplice, and he wishes to profit off of his insider status.

A traitor, that is what he is.

Fuck Him!

Fuck Him with extreme malice!

He had the opportunity to testify to the crimes committed by the orange asshole.

He chose not to - due to the opportunity for personal gain.

I will never read this book. I will never give credence to anything this asshole, or the orange asshole, says.

[Hulk]

18. He's a traitor...he's a coward. He has NO alligiance to his country.....NONE!

All these self centered, bitter fook cares about is making a buck.....just like 95% of all the other repuKKKes I have ever heard of.

He had his opportunity to do something for his country, and just like the Draft Dodging Coward himself, he was a coward and a greedy mother fooker that only thinks of himself.

Worthless piece of shit!

[zentrum]

20. Yup. Worthless.

[ibegurpard]

25. Thank you!

Fuck Bolton. Anyone considering contributing to his livelihood by buying his book ought to think long and hard and hard about what they're endorsing.

[olegramps]

26. Bolton's failure to come forward has sealed his reputation as a traitor for eternity.

It just doesn't get any more crass and disgusting that he refused to testify solely for financial gain. However, what can anyone truly expect from today's typical Republican who puts party before country. The adherence of party loyalty by Republicans has totally blinded them of any objective judgement. It is even beyond the yes, he is a bastard of the first order, but he is our bastard. It is the same type of blind loyalty in which fascism prospered and led to disaster. It is a blindness that allows total negation of any wrong as exemplified and what transpired in Germany as citizens turned a blind eye as Jews and anyone considered tp be a threat or undesirable were slaughtered. The Republican Party membership has been transformed by vicious propaganda into exactly the same type if monstrous Nazi party that consumed Germany.