AP, WASHINGTONThe stakes over witness testimony at US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book by US former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut a key defense argument. The account immediately gave Democrats new fuel in their pursuit of sworn testimony from Bolton and other witnesses, a question expected to be taken up this week by the Republican-led Senate. “I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens,” Trump said. First, though, Trump’s legal team will begin laying out its case in depth, turning to several high-profile attorneys to argue against impeachment. Once Trump’s team concludes, senators will have 16 hours to ask questions of both the House impeachment prosecutors and the president’s legal team.
