‘He never complained': Trump officials punch back after Bolton blames them for Ukraine scandal
by Joel Gehrke
| October 21, 2019 03:25 PM
Trump administration officials took aim at ousted White House national security adviser John Bolton, attacking his credibility following reports he regarded the Ukraine controversy as a major scandal.
“John Bolton never complained to me about it,†acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday. “No one at NSC ever complained to me about anything that was going on.â€
The comment was a rebuttal to the notion that Bolton viewed President Trump’s push for Ukrainian investigations into the Democratic Party and former Vice President Joe Biden as little better than a “drug deal."
A similar rebuttal came from another key figure in the controversy.
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