Former national security adviser John Bolton will divulge the wide scope of President Trump’s alleged misconduct in his forthcoming book that the White House is trying to stop from being released.
In his memoir about working under Trump, Bolton will argue there was “Trump misconduct with other countries,” not just Ukraine, a source told Axios.
Bolton, a prolific notetaker in meetings, includes direct quotes from Trump and other senior officials, the source said.
Bolton’s memoir, The Room Where It Happened, is set to be released on June 23.
The White House claims the forthcoming tell-all still contains classified information and cannot be published.
The book was originally supposed to be released March 17 and has been delayed twice amid an extensive review by the National Security Council.
Bolton’s lawyer said he made changes to the book to pacify concerns about national security, and he believes the White House is using the excuse to try and stop his account of working under Trump from becoming public.
Bolton and Trump have publicly quarreled over the book’s contents, some of which were leaked earlier this year, including details about Trump’s phone call with Ukraine that became the basis for his impeachment. Bolton wrote that Trump withheld security aid to Ukraine to pressure the country into investigating his political rival, Joe Biden.
There was pressure from Democrats to call Bolton as a witness during Trump’s impeachment trial, but Republicans declined, and the president claimed his testimony would threaten national security. Trump was acquitted on two articles of impeachment by the Republican-led Senate in February.
