Bolton: ’Widely Understood’ By Pompeo and Others that Trump Tied Ukraine Aid to Biden Probe

STEPHANOPOULOS You ve also ░░░░░░░░ as we said earlier ░░░░░░░░ core case the impeachment ░░░░░░░░ the Democrats made against ░░░░░░░░ Trump that he explicitly ░░░░░░░░ aid to Ukraine to ░░░░░░░░ investigations of his political ░░░░░░░░ You knew that at ░░░░░░░░ time Did Secretary of ░░░░░░░░ Pompeo knew that at ░░░░░░░░ time BOLTON I think ░░░░░░░░ was widely understood And ░░░░░░░░ want to say all ░░░░░░░░ us who were involved ░░░░░░░░ dealing with national security ░░░░░░░░ of Ukraine I think ░░░░░░░░ were working to get ░░░░░░░░ assistance delivered We were ░░░░░░░░ were running up against ░░░░░░░░ September 30 end of ░░░░░░░░ year deadline and there ░░░░░░░░ real urgency not to ░░░░░░░░ that assistance because of ░░░░░░░░ bureaucratic rules about budget ░░░░░░░░ And that was the ░░░░░░░░ The only person in ░░░░░░░░ White House that I ░░░░░░░░ aware of that didn ░░░░░░░░ focus on the national ░░░░░░░░ implications for Ukraine was ░░░░░░░░ Trump STEPHANOPOULOS The secretary ░░░░░░░░ state has also said ░░░░░░░░ are the liar here ░░░░░░░░ says I was in ░░░░░░░░ room too In a ░░░░░░░░ he put out you ░░░░░░░░ spread a number of ░░░░░░░░ fully spun half truths ░░░░░░░░ outright falsehoods including one ░░░░░░░░ you tell in the ░░░░░░░░ is that you and ░░░░░░░░ secretary of state are ░░░░░░░░ Singapore and he shows ░░░░░░░░ his notepad essentially saying ░░░░░░░░ president is full of ░░░░░░░░ I can t repeat ░░░░░░░░ morning television BOLTON Look ░░░░░░░░ s true I think ░░░░░░░░ s responding the same ░░░░░░░░ that President Trump is ░░░░░░░░ call names they deny ░░░░░░░░ they re not willing ░░░░░░░░ face up to what ░░░░░░░░ real facts are Look ░░░░░░░░ have different recollections I ░░░░░░░░ been a trial lawyer ░░░░░░░░ ve seen many witnesses ░░░░░░░░ time I ve put ░░░░░░░░ pages of what I ░░░░░░░░ the facts to be ░░░░░░░░ on the table I ░░░░░░░░ it s important that ░░░░░░░░ American people have these ░░░░░░░░ as they consider what ░░░░░░░░ do in November and ░░░░░░░░ we look at our ░░░░░░░░ and see Trump for ░░░░░░░░ I hope history will ░░░░░░░░ it to be an ░░░░░░░░