Trump has indicated he may seek to use executive privilege to prevent former National Security Adviser John Bolton from testifying in the Senate impeachment trial. Under this doctrine, a president is able to keep certain communications private
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump would have a tough time blocking John Bolton’s testimony in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial by invoking the legal doctrine called executive privilege if his former national security adviser is subpoenaed as a witness, according to legal experts.
Bolton refused to cooperate with the House inquiry but made a surprise announcement on Jan. 6 that he would be willing to testify in the Senate trial if subpoenaed to do so. Mark Rozell, a constitutional scholar who wrote a book about executive privilege, said he believes Bolton could be questioned without revealing sensitive national security information.
Testimony in the House impeachment inquiry revealed that Bolton objected to an effort by Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and others to pressure Ukraine outside of regular diplomatic channels. “I am not part of whatever drug deal Sondland and Mulvaney are cooking up on this,” Bolton said, according to a witness in the House investigation, referring to U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
Trump, speaking in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, said Bolton’s testimony would pose national security concerns.
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