Republicans are in disarray in the wake of details that emerged from a book written by President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, a draft of which was provided to the White House for review on Dec. 30.
Some are angrily pressing the White House in private, saying they were blindsided by the account.
Mr. Bolton’s draft says that Mr. Trump wanted to continue freezing security aid to Ukraine until he got help with investigations into Democrats, an account that dovetails with a central aspect of the Democrats’ impeachment prosecution. Mr. Trump denied having told Mr. Bolton that.
The impeachment trial: President Trump’s legal team ignored the Bolton account entirely and doubled down on claims that Mr. Trump withheld aid to Ukraine only because he was concerned about corruption there.
Ken Starr, a key player in the Clinton prosecution who is now serving on the Trump defense, seemed to unite the left and right — in boredom, offering a thorough review of impeachment history and legal standards.
Analysis: Our chief White House correspondent writes that, in an alternate universe, this could have been the moment that changed everything. But in the current era, it’s too early to tell if it will matter.
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