{"id":3260,"date":"2020-01-11T07:44:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T07:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/finance\/2020\/01\/11\/trump-threatens-to-block-bolton-testimony-in-impeachment-trial\/"},"modified":"2020-01-11T07:44:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T07:44:46","slug":"trump-threatens-to-block-bolton-testimony-in-impeachment-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/2020\/01\/11\/trump-threatens-to-block-bolton-testimony-in-impeachment-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens to block Bolton testimony in impeachment trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"article-figure MG\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image-wrap shareable\" data-share-text=\"Trump threatens to block Bolton testimony in impeachment trial \" data-share-modprefix=\"mw_image_\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image MG\" src=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2020\/01\/09\/Photos\/MG\/MW-HY125_20trum_20200109211028_MG.jpg?uuid=5f542104-334e-11ea-8e3d-9c8e992d421e\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                  <!-- Image Credit --><br \/>\n                      <cite>Associated Press<\/cite><br \/>\n            <!-- Caption inside of wrapper on slideshow media types -->\n              <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                  <!-- Caption outside of wrapper for normal article images -->&#13;<figcaption>President Donald Trump speaks at his campaign rally on Toledo. <\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>President Donald Trump suggested Friday he\u2019d block possible testimony by his former national-security adviser in the Senate\u2019s impeachment trial. <\/p>\n<p>John Bolton said earlier this week that he would be willing to testify in the Senate\u2019s Trump trial if subpoenaed. Trump told Fox News\u2019s Laura Ingraham that Bolton\u2019s doing so would set a bad precedent. <\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would invoke executive privilege to stop it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-tells-laura-ingraham-four-embassies-were-targeted-in-imminent-threat-from-iran\" target=\"_new\" class=\"icon \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump replied, \u201cWell, I think you have to for the sake of the office.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/pelosi-says-house-ready-to-hand-impeachment-articles-over-to-senate-next-week-2020-01-10\" class=\"icon none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the House would take steps next week to send impeachment articles against Trump to the Senate<\/a>. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has rejected Democrats\u2019 demands over the trial. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/newsletters\" class=\"icon \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for Trump Today and more MarketWatch newsletters<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jobbi-after-content-jh-placement jobbi-entity-placement\" id=\"jobbi-2510166266\"><div id=\"jobbi-3093078772\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5862940809620110\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5862940809620110\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#13; Associated Press &#13; &#13;President Donald Trump speaks at his campaign rally on Toledo. &#13; President Donald Trump suggested Friday he\u2019d block possible testimony by his former national-security adviser in the Senate\u2019s impeachment trial. John Bolton said earlier this week that he would be willing to testify in the Senate\u2019s Trump trial if subpoenaed. 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