Prosecutors say the murder-for-hire scheme unfolded more than a year after the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force was killed in a targeted airstrike in Baghdad in January 2020.
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Trump asked China’s Xi to help him win re-election, Bolton says in book
The former national security adviser’s memoir, whose publication the Justice Department is trying to block, is the most substantive, critical dissection of the president from an administration insider.
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Trump team, Republicans make backup plans to keep Bolton from testifying
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has opposed calling any witnesses in the trial.
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Donald Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton
President Donald Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he told Bolton Monday night that his services were no longer needed at the White House
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John Bolton meets with Putin to plan summit with Donald Trump
MOSCOW — National security adviser John Bolton met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in a prelude to a long-anticipated summit with President Donald Trump that is looking increasingly likely. Putin warmly greeted Bolton in a grand oval meeting hall at the Kremlin, flanked by statues of Russian czars set before lime-painted walls. Putin […]
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Bolton the best man to tackle North Korea
By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post There is no doubt that John Bolton deserves his fair share of criticism. But Democrats and their allies in the media appear to be going off the rails. Some of their criticism of the national security adviser-designate is forced at best. Bolton is an accomplished diplomat; despite […]
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At odds with Bolton on North Korea, Defense Secretary Mattis appears isolated
WASHINGTON (AP) — Of the issues that divide Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and President Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser, John Bolton, one stands out: North Korea. Bolton, who will replace Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster on April 9, has publicly advocated for overthrowing the North Korean government. Mattis, a retired Marine general who knows […]
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Donald Trump replaces H.R. McMaster with John Bolton as national security adviser
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Trump tweets that McMaster has done “an outstanding job & will always remain my friend.” He says Bolton will take over April 9. Trump has repeatedly clashed with McMaster, a respected […]