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Trump team resumes defense amid fallout from new report on Bolton’s claim on withholding military aid from Ukraine

January 27, 2020 at 10:35 p.m. EST
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President Trump’s legal team resumed its defense Monday in his Senate trial amid growing calls to hear testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton. The calls have been prompted by a report that Bolton’s book manuscript says Trump directly tied the holdup of nearly $400 million in military assistance to Ukraine to investigations of Joe Biden and his son.  
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