in 2019, during a visit by president trump to london, two members of john bolton's national security ff became ill in a hotel. >> bolton: and that it was on the floor where we'd completely taken up with personnel from the white house and white house agencies struck me as being pretty good evidence of a deliberate attack. >> pelley: you believe it was an attack?p>> bolton: i don't thins any other hypothesis, when you begin to look at the number and the pattern that we've experienced. >> pelley: bolton says, months later, one of those staff members hurt in london said she was overcome, again, walking her dog in the washington area. we have found, she is not the only one who says they were attacked abroad and, later, at home. you must have thought that, when you were home in america, that you were safe? >> robyn garfield: i'll tell you, when i landed from china, i literally was kissing the ground. >> pelley: we met robyn garfield in 2019. he's a commerce department official who told us that he, his wife, and two children were repeatedly hit in china. your daughter was literally falling d

guest: i disagree with josh walton on many -- john bolton on many occasions. the situation we have today, i think what he is referring to is the fact that iran has continued to argue that it's past military experiments are something other than military experiments. they have been trying to delay and a few skate what went on. host: and how far does this go back? guest: this goes back 20 years or more. the information that has been made available by the iaea shows it began maybe around 2000. up until 2004, that's the assessment. the iaea >> site c spread -- you can go to our website c-span.org. you live coverage on c-span. -- you are watching live coverage on c-span. >>

or john bolton and mike pompeo and i would engage the president and push him to release a security assistance, we learned why, i released it through the media why he was holding it up but that was a case where my duty was to go back in and push and press and make every argument i could. i talk about it in the book. in other cases where nato or where i got the written order to withdraw troops in germany my game plan was to give my commander, we are talking combatant commander general todd walters of european command, a series of principles i wanted to do some planning off of that i would reassure our allies, deter russia, take care of our troops and he came back with a good concept that at the end of the day, met the president's direct order to withdraw troops but at the same time allowed me to take those troops that we withdrew from germany and either consolidate them in other countries or eventually push them forward closer to russia which meant these principles are defined as reassure allies and deter russia and i thought it was a very clever idea put forward by the combatant commander. i e

or john bolton, mike pompeo and i would kind of push the president. it eventually happened, we learned why later -- i at least did through the media, why he was holding it up. but my duty was to make every possible argument i could to get that release. and i talk about it in the book. in other cases with, you know, nato or the case where i got the written order to withdraw troops are from germany, my game plan was to really give my commander -- now we're talking about general todd walters for european command -- i gave him a series of principles i wanted him to do some planning off of that would reassure our allies, deter russia,ing take care of our troops, and he came back with a pretty good concept that at the end of the day met the president's direct order to withdraw troops but at the same time allowed me to take those troops that we withdrew from germany and either consolidate them in other countries or eventually push them forward closer to russia which met these principles that i had defined as to reassure allies and deferer the russia -- deter

of course, i mean we just saw during the trump administration that john bolton said. the monroe doctrine is alive and well 1823. and it's a new world. the. this is why cuba and venezuela led the formation of alba, the ball, a varying alternative for the americas. this is why the community of latin american and caribbean states was formed sellhock. this is why they have begun to insist that there has to be economic and political, social integration of the americas without the u. s. and without canada, who have dictated to them for too long. and in addition to the excluded countries, several other leaders are apparently snubbing this summit. do you think that's an embarrassment for the u. s. i don't know if the u. s. is ever embarrassed enough to change policy. i think that the, the fact that they were trying to bully the mexican government, sending envoys down to mexico to say, come on, you got to be part of this, or sending other government leaders down to other central american and caribbean nations. it's constant pressure, it's constant blackmail, and bribing and th

think of john bolton.ohn bolton, had he said during the impeachment hearings what we now know to be true, who knows? maybe this president would have been removed from office. but he didn't. instead, he decided he would wait to write it in a book to try to make a whole bunch of money. i mean, i don't know what you say about people like that, other than if you get enough people like that, enough people who are still going to go along with this, our democracy will end. again, what -- more difficult for me than looking backwards, and that's pretty difficult, because i was one of the last people out of the chamber on january 6th, is looking forward. where an awful lot of people have not had any accountability for their actions, which ranged from obviously criminal to, as you point out, cowardly. >> well, i want to ask you about that. i mean, congresswoman elaine luria was on -- i lost track of time, in the last hour, i believe, and i said, are you -- is there an intention to present enough evidence for conspira

the first in the meantime, the person that didn't speak up was john bolton. he saves trump's -- in his view, criminal's to -- so bad he went to bill barr he told them about him for his book. he didn't testify in the first impeachment, which was an impediment to convict. there are in firsthand witnesses. i think the other thing that's clear now is there were two governments and impeachment's a good historical parallel. there was the state department, and then there was rudy giuliani calling zelenskyy and these guys and trying to extort them. when it came to every jo turning the election, there was barr, rosen and donahue, but there was a shadow government there, too. and it was eastman and clark. >> and giuliani. >> that speaks to what we have been discussing, which is that shadow government is the person who's currently got their home raided. that's who they wanted to run the doj. >> i think the country needs a answer to whether or not that's legal. the president to a president not running -- the testimony also reveals the dereliction of duty. and you know, d

assistance we are obligated under the law because congress appropriated, it would be me at times or john bolton and mike pompeo to push and release. it eventually happened and we learned why a later he was holding it w up but that wasn'ta case where my duty was to go back to him and push and press. in other cases with nato or whereo i've got the written ordr toto withdraw troops from germay my game plan we were talking about the combatant commander tom walters. i gave a series of principles to reassure our allies and take care of our troops and he came back with a pretty good concept that at the end of the day met the direct order to withdraw troops and at the same time allowed me to take those trips that we withdrew and either consolidate them in other countries will eventually push them forward closely to russia with the principles that i defined is reassured allies and i thought it was a very clever idea put forth by the combatant commander. you we bring it to the president and he knew exactly what we were doing and it matched what he wanted so again i didn't like its origin but what we came

obligated to do under the law because congress appropriated, it would be me at times or me and john bolton bolton and pompeo and i would engage the president and kind of push him to release the security assistance for ukraine. it eventually happened. we learned why later i at least did through the media why he was holding it up. but that wasn't a case where my duty was to go back to him and push and press and make every possible argument i could to get that released. i talk about it in the book. in other cases with nato or the case where i got the written order to withdraw troops from germany. my game plan was to give my commander, now we're talking about combatant commander general todd walters, i gave him a series of principles i wanted to do some planning off of that i would reassure our allies, deter russia, take care of our troops, he came back with a pretty good concept that at the end of the day met the president's direct order to withdraw troops, but at the same time, allowed me to take those troops that we withdrew from germany and either consolidate them in other countries or eve

john bolton played chicken with the impeachment managers and chuck cooper seemed to indicate at the time or after the fact that a subpoena might have created some cover at some juncture for them to testify. why do these officials in some instances seek the subpoena? >> so lawyers have a duty of loyalty to their client. they don't want to be seen as being too cooperative with people seeking information about that client so sometimes responding to the subpoena gives them that cover. a subpoena says that a person must appear and provide information. it is axiomatic that the government is entitled to every man's evidence as case law says. so once you have a subpoena you can't say you i won't go in and cooperate and there's lots of information this he may have that's not protected by privilege. >> pete strzok, he's also already there. this is not a criminal trial. this is being tried in the court of public opinion. if any of these individuals end up under criminal investigation by the justice department they have much stronger powers and abilities to subpoena any witness they need. what do yo

and i don't think they'll be asking about the john bolton investigation that trump wanted to start sodividuals at the justice department will probably be lionized by the committee tomorrow, but the story is much more nuanced than that. >> specifically, i think you and your colleague reported that bill barr had no problems investigating equally unfounded allegations of voter fraud before the election. and that was a big break with doj patrol see, right? >> the infamous thing with barr is this interview he gives cnn in the summer of 2020 where he talks about election issues, and that was really seen as something that was very favorable to trump and republicans, what could potentially be election fraud. that was what he did there. and then after the election, they investigated all these claims. this is another thing that i guess won't come up tomorrow either. but the justice department was running down every claim that donald trump had. they're going to sit there tomorrow and say, look, none of them -- we ran every one down. the president of the united states can get the fbi to run down

i also believe that trump was the best gift for putin and john bolton talked about it.d, he would have left nato when he did not get re-elected for a second term. i think this has accelerated putin's plans to help ukraine stabilize the situation. give them so much military humanitarian aid training equipment. how much can we? i hope that they will join the european union in due course. i think they have earned the right to join nato, but this process cannot take place in the midst of a war. first, we need to corner putin's offensive and make sure that he secures as little territory as possible. hold'em through johnson, by the way, who is haunted. putin cannot fix even the deputy seat behind him. according to the latest poll, yugaf boris is losing miserably as a labor party in the next election, but instead of taking care of his constituency and the problems of the british. an example of a country they continue to talk about ukraine and gush with completely crazy ideas. this morning is the second day. this is nato himself. boris publicly decided to discuss whether putin

i also believe trump was the best gift for putin and john bolton spoke about it.-elected, he would have left nato when he did not get re-elected for a second term. i think this has accelerated putin's plans to help ukraine stabilize the situation. give them so much military humanitarian aid training equipment. how much can we? i hope that they will join the european union in due course. i think they deserve it. this right step is necessary, but this process cannot take place in the midst of a war. first, putin's offensive must be cornered and make sure that he secures as little territory as possible. well, apparently, as part of the fight against putin's evil urine and traditional values ​​in russia, the rainbow flag was raised today over the us embassy in moscow and not only over the american diplomatic mission, but also over the square of the donetsk people's republic, where it is now located in the embassy answer to a dubious joke american diplomats appeared at the british embassy attention to the screen here is such a poster with british prime minister boris j

host: a recent piece from john bolton was headlined, abide to the iran nuclear deal is dead?istration -- the former national. advisor said the success of the disinformation campaign underscores a crucial point. it is not capable of verifying compliance without agreements such as the proliferation treaty or other arms-control arrangements. what are your thoughts? guest: i have disagreed with him on many occasions. the situation we have today, what he's referring to is a fact that iran has continued to argue that it's past military experiments are something other than military experiments. they have been trying to delay an obvious gate went went on. this goes back 20 years or more. the information that has been made available shows it began maybe around 2000. up until 2004, that's the assessment. this is at a remarkable ability to go to these sites where the activities took place. they can detect human made uranium and hold iran to account. iran today is having difficulty answering these questions. i think it's much more effective than people give them credit for. host: have yo

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