Trump impeachment: White House claims John Bolton book contains top secret information – live
- White House sends letter saying book cannot be published
- Today is first of two days of question-and-answer sessions at trial
- Trump allies seem confident they will be able to block witnesses
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Senator Joe Manchin posed a question pointed toward Alan Dershowitz, noting that “high crimes and misdemeanors” clearly doesn’t refer to a statutory crime.
“What has happened in the past 22 years to change the original intent of the framers?” he asked. Dershowitz’s response: “What happened was that the current president was impeached.”
As senators mull the merits of calling John Bolton as a witness, an attorney for the former national security adviser has issued a statement.