For Senate trial, threat of long court fight for Bolton’s testimony is a false scare tactic

Published January 24, 2020 3:07pm ET



If a majority of the U.S. Senate wants to hear testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton, then the only way that it can be denied is if the Senate emasculates itself.

Bolton has said he is a willing witness if under subpoena. So there is little that President Trump can do to stop him. What is the president going to do — order Bolton’s arrest? No court in the land would uphold such an arrest.

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