No sign of John Bolton yet, who was scheduled to testify at 9:00 ET

[fleur-de-lisa]

Manu Raju ✔ @mkraju

No sign in the Capitol of John Bolton, who was scheduled to testify at 9aET and likely got a subpoena. His camp had been signaling he was unlikely to testify today - despite witness testimony and his concerns about the president’s/Giuliani’s handling of Ukraine matters

9:20 AM - Nov 7, 2019

Link to tweet

[Raster]

1. Yeah, so much for the "Bolton is a patriot" bullshit...

...he's just another rethugliCON covering for tRump*.

[Leghorn21]

2. Cheeze, I missed that he was due in TODAY - it was my understanding that he wouldn't show up

“voluntarily”, but upon receipt of a subpoena, would appear

Oh wellllllllll grrrrrr

[spanone]

3. so, where's the subpoena?

[Leghorn21]

5. Oh no, I assumed one had been sent to him by now, knowing his stance on this

So maybe he’ll get one after his no-show this morning

...and then I think, yeah, it’d be nice for him to just JFC DO THE RIGHT THING, but okay, we’ll live without him just fine and when his book comes out (“people are saying” he’s saving all his good stuff for a book) well, I hope it sells 3 copies

Arrgghh

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. It sounds like he was served with a subpoena and defied it.

[spanone]

12. House withdraws subpoena for top Bolton aide

House impeachment investigators have withdrawn a subpoena for a top aide to former national security adviser John Bolton, signaling that their effort to force his testimony, and possibly Bolton’s, has ended.

The move suggests that Democrats intend to move forward with impeachment proceedings, even without securing testimony from Bolton, who was a central witness to events underlying allegations that President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. Bolton and the aide in question, Charles Kupperman, share the same attorneys.

“The House’s impeachment inquiry will not countenance … further efforts by witnesses or the White House to delay or otherwise obstruct the committees’ vital investigatory work,” the three lawmakers leading the inquiry, including Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, wrote in a letter to Kupperman and Bolton’s lawyers.

Rather than attempt to enforce the subpoena, Schiff and the other lawmakers urged Kupperman to voluntarily comply with the House’s demands.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/06/house-withdraws-bolton-aide-subpoena-066941

[DFW]

4. Maybe he's busy asking Jimmy Hoffa if there will be repercussions for testifying..... n/t

[Takket]

7. I can't even fathom the audacity of being subpoenaed by Congress and just ignoring it

I would be there an hour early and probably be having a panic attack over it lol

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. check the walrus tank at the zoo

[dalton99a]

9. +1

[kentuck]

10. It appears he is waiting for the JUDGE to rule in McGahn case?

If the JUDGE rules that the White House has no standing to prevent testimony in an impeachment investigation, then he will testify.