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NYT: Bolton Book Says Trump Held Up Ukraine Aid for Biden Investigation

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   As U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers continue their case in his
   impeachment trial, a yet-to-be-published memoir by John Bolton could
   blow up one of their major defenses.

   The New York Times reports that the former national security adviser
   writes Trump personally told him that he is withholding $391 million in
   military aid to Ukraine until it announces an investigation into
   Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden for alleged corruption.

   The newspaper cites several people who have seen the Bolton manuscript
   as its source.

   House Democrats contend Trump froze the congressionally-mandated aid to
   Ukraine, along with a desired White House visit by President Volodymyr
   Zelenskiy, on the promise of a probe of Biden and a debunked theory
   that it was Ukraine, not Russia, which interfered in the 2016 U.S.
   election.

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