Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer renewed his call Monday for White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton to testify in the Senate impeachment trial after The New York Times published new details about the effort to withhold aid to Ukraine.
“Simply put: In our fight to have key documents and witnesses in a Senate impeachment trial, these new revelations are a game-changer,” Schumer said at a news conference in New York City.
The Times’ investigation shed new light on the extent to which President Donald Trump sought to freeze military assistance to Ukraine, despite pleas from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Bolton. The Times also offered new details of the role Mulvaney played in executing Trump’s request.
In addition to Bolton and Mulvaney, Senate Democrats have also called for testimony from Michael Duffey, an official at the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Robert Blair, assistant to the president and senior adviser to Mulvaney. The White House has repeatedly blocked witnesses from testifying.
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Chuck Schumer renewed his call for Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton to testify in the Senate impeachment trial after the NYT published new details about the effort to withhold aid to Ukraine https://t.co/NBb0UIJ3H7
— POLITICO (@politico) December 30, 2019
NYT reports that Pompeo, Bolton, Esper met with Trump in late August to plead with him to release military aid. He rebuffed their effort. https://t.co/XNx42P7HLv
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 29, 2019
One question I'm wondering about right now is why this leak about Bolton, Mulvaney, and Pompeo, and why now?
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 30, 2019
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