Former national security advisor John Bolton was a no-show today for a scheduled deposition in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But he is still willing to testify under certain conditions, The Washington Post reports.
Bolton had reportedly been willing to testify in public under subpoena if Kupperman is directed by the courts to comply with the HouseBut a House Intelligence Committee official said Thursday that Bolton's lawyer would take the House panels conducting the probe to court if his client were subpoenaed.
"We would welcome John Bolton's deposition and he did not appear as he was requested today. His counsel has informed us that unlike three other dedicated public servants who worked for him on the NSC and have complied with lawful subpoenas, Mr. Bolton would take us to court if we subpoenaed him," the official told CNBC.
The official also said that Bolton's barriers to cooperation with the probe amount to more evidence of Trump's obstruction of Congress in its impeachment inquiry. "We regret Mr. Bolton's decision not to appear voluntarily, but we have no interest in allowing the administration to play rope-a-dope with us in the courts for months. Rather, the White House instruction that he not appear will add to the evidence of the president's obstruction of Congress," the official said.
Bolton's lawyer, Charles Cooper, did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. The White House also did not provide a comment on the Post's article.
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