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When John Bolton first became President Trump’s national security advisor back in March of last year, the liberal broadcast networks were sounding their alarms to warn viewers of his “hardline” and “controversial” positions. But on Tuesday, they clung to reports that Bolton described Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani as a “hand grenade” running something like a “drug deal” in Ukraine.
Of course, the impeachment process was at the top of the to-do list for ABC’s World News Tonight, where sensationalist anchor David Muir announced:
Tonight, Giuliani has acknowledged he made a half-million dollars from that Ukrainian-American businessman, Lev Parnas. He is one of those two men under arrest. They were helping Giuliani investigate Joe Biden and his son. And we have now learned that a key witness testifying that former National Security Advisor John Bolton called Rudy Giuliani a “hand grenade who’s,” quote, “going to blow everyone up.”
Bolton also reportedly wanted White House lawyers alerted to the efforts to pressure Ukraine to dig up dirt on Biden, calling it a “drug deal.”
A short time later, ABC congressional correspondent Mary Bruce brought up Bolton’s alleged comments again: “According to The New York Times, [former Russia advisor Fiona] Hill told Congress former National Security Adviser John Bolton, was so concerned he called Giuliani a ‘hand grenade who's going to blow everybody up.’”
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