The Trump White House has issued a formal threat to former
national security adviser John Bolton to keep him from publishing his upcoming
new book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,"
according to a new report by CNN.
Bolton, according to a manuscript of his new book released
by New York Times said he will be willing to testify if subpoenad by the Senate
in the ongoing senate trial of US president Donald Trump.
In Bolton's new book it is alleged that he said Trump was
willing to tie $391m worth of military aid to Ukraine in exchange for opening
investigations into Political rival Joe Biden.
Trump, said he will be exerting Executive privilege on
Bolton to stop him from testifying in the senate and on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on
Bolton, accusing him of lying to sell his book, and now it has been revealed
that the White House has warned Bolton from publishing the book saying it
contains details that will affect 'national security'.
In a letter to Bolton's lawyer reported by CNN, a top
official at the National Security Council wrote the unpublished manuscript of
Bolton's book "appears to contain significant amounts of classified
information" and couldn't be published as written.
The letter, which is dated January 23, said some of the
information was classified at the "top secret" level, meaning it
"reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave harm to the
national security."
"The manuscript may not be published or otherwise
disclosed without the deletion of this classified information," the letter
read.
Republicans insist they don't want witnesses in Trump's
ongoing senate trial but with details of Bolton's book now out, some
Republicans might join the Democrats to vote for witnesses to testify in the
senate trial.
Trump is being tried by the Republican controlled senate
after the Democrat controlled House of Representatives voted to impeach him for
Abuse of power and obstruction of congress as regards a whistle blower report
that the US president allegedly withheld military aid to Ukraine until he was
assured that the country will open up an investigation into his political
rival, Joe Biden.
