Trey Gowdy Rips Bolton For Hawking Book After Refusing To Testify: ‘He’s Sitting In His Pajamas, Pecking Away On His IPad’
Virginia Kruta
Associate Editor
June 17, 2020 8:21 PM ET
Former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy criticized former National Security Advisor John Bolton for hawking his book after refusing to testify in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
Gowdy spoke with Fox News host Martha MacCallum about Bolton’s book Tuesday after it was leaked to the New York Times.
“Hot off the presses, brand-new excerpts from John Bolton’s book released tonight ahead of its publication on June 23rd,†MacCallum began. “In them, he accuses the president of abusing his power and soliciting help from China for the upcoming election. John Bolton describing a meeting with President XI last June, writing this. ‘Trump said approvingly that there was great hostility to China among the Democrats. He then stunningly turned the conversation to the coming U.S. Presidential election, pleading with XI to ensure that he would a win. I would print Trump’s exact words,’ he writes, ‘but the government’s pre-prepublication review process decided otherwise.â€
United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who was in the room when that conversation allegedly occurred, said that the quote is “absolutely untrue.â€
“So obviously, you know, this process has been I’m sure are good for book sales but how damning are the quotes in this book that you’ve seen so far?†MacCallum turned the question to Gowdy.
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