John bolton
Jun 23, 2020 16:28
Edward Snowden is a former US intelligence contractor who revealed in 2013 that US agents from the National Security Agency (NSA) were carrying out widespread surveillance on citizens. read more
Jun 22, 2020 11:32
Bolton’s book, ‘The Room Where It Happened’, is based on his 16 months as Trump’s third National Security Adviser. The print edition is slated for release Tuesday, but pirated editions were available online over the weekend. read more
Jun 18, 2020 15:32
According to an excerpt of Bolton’s memoir published by the Wall Street Journal, Trump asked China’s leader, Xi Jinping, during the G-20 summit in Japan last year to help him win re-election by buying more US farm products. read more
Jun 18, 2020 08:57
Among other bombshell revelations in the book — “Room where it happened” based on Bolton’s 16 months as Trump’s NSA — were reported claims that the US president did not know that the United Kingdom was a nuclear power and that he believed Finland was a part of Russia. read more
Jun 18, 2020 06:51
John Bolton’s 577-page book paints an unvarnished portrait of Trump and his administration, amounting to the most vivid, first-person account yet of how Trump conducts himself in office. read more
Jun 16, 2020 07:10
It would be up to Attorney General William Barr to issue any charges, Donald Trump said. However, he hinted that the matter would end up in court. read more
Feb 01, 2020 21:41
The White House had wanted an earlier vote so the president could have touted being vindicated in his annual state of the union address scheduled for Tuesday. Republican leaders couldn’t deliver, however, because their own senators wanted more time for... read more
Jan 30, 2020 06:51
The National Security Council said after preliminary review of the manuscript -- a vetting process applied to any White House employees writing books -- that it contained “significant amounts of classified information.” read more
Jan 28, 2020 00:13
The explosive revelation, which was first reported by The New York Times, undercuts the central argument made in the president’s defence by him and his lawyers that $391 million in aid was not conditioned to Ukraine investigating former vice-president... read more
Jan 06, 2020 23:53
As NSA, Bolton was privy to the president’s efforts to force Ukraine to investigate his political rivals by withholding military aid and a White House meeting. read more
Nov 23, 2019 22:16
Bolton will be closely watched given the circumstances of his departure from the White House in September amid growing differences with Trump on many key national security issues such as Iran, North Korea and Syria. read more
Sep 18, 2019 19:22
Trump tweeted Wednesday that he has “worked long & hard” with O’Brien and that “he will do a great job!” read more
Sep 18, 2019 10:38
The national security adviser provides advice to the president on defence, security and diplomatic issues. The job, the highest White House position on national security, does not require confirmation by the US Senate. read more
Sep 12, 2019 13:01
Trump said Bolton had made mistakes, including offending North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un by demanding that he follow a “Libyan model” and hand over all his nuclear weapons. read more
‘Strongly disagreed with him’: US president Donald Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton
Sep 10, 2019 21:47
Trump tweeted Tuesday that he told Bolton Monday night that his services were no longer needed at the White House. He says Bolton submitted his resignation on Tuesday morning. read more
