Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said Thursday that senators should think about how former national security adviser John Bolton feels at the moment before voting on whether to have him testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
"Right now, he's very emotional about this," Inhofe said, according to CNN's Manu Raju. "He is a human being so he does have sensitivities."
"It's a matter of the real motive of the side of the House prosecutors to string this thing out interminably," he said.
Bolton attorney Charles Cooper on Wednesday released an email dated Jan. 24 that was sent to the White House about his client's book, which is being reviewed by National Security Council officials ar the White House. In the email, Cooper said Bolton is "preparing" to testify if subpoenaed, which the Senate may or may not vote to approve on Friday.
"The House managers in the Senate impeachment trial have made clear their intention to seek Ambassador Bolton's testimony at trial, and although no one yet knows whether the Senate will subpoena him to testify, he is preparing for that possibility. If he is called to testify, it seems certain that he will be asked questions that will elicit much of the information contained in the chapter of his manuscript dealing with his involvement in matters relating to Ukraine," Cooper wrote, according to the New York Post.
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