Sen. Rand Paul said the American people should focus on Hunter Biden and John Bolton instead of President Trump amid the impeachment trial in the Senate.
“So, Hunter Biden makes a million dollars a year, that’s documented,” Paul said Tuesday on Fox News. “But Schumer simply creates and makes up and says, ‘Oh, maybe the president’s kids are making money.’ John Bolton is making money as we speak. He’s probably already gotten a several-million-dollar advance for this book. He’s making money by testifying against the president.”
Paul’s comments come as Trump’s Republican allies have tried to shift the spotlight to former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, whose business dealings in Ukraine are at the center of Trump’s Senate impeachment trial.
Former national security adviser John Bolton has claimed Trump withheld military aid and a White House visit from the Ukrainian president during the pressure campaign.
Most Republicans have dismissed Bolton, who is promoting a new book, as discredited and disgruntled.
“The only people we know who have actually made money? Hunter Biden and now John Bolton,” Paul said. “And they’re not objective. John Bolton is not objective in any way now that he’s been cashing million-dollar checks.”
