关于博尔顿新书《搞事屋—白房子纪事》的几个事实

Q：博尔顿是民主党还是共和党人。

A：共和党人。

Q：博尔顿最早什么时候向什么机构提交他的新书《闹事屋 白房子纪实》（《The room where it happened a White House memoir》）

A：去年十二月底，博尔顿律师向国家安全理事会递交了本书手稿。预计今年三月出版。

Q：川普什么时候知道这本书的存在。

A：国家安全理事会没有向白宫任何官员透露这本书的消息。从川普辩护团队的表现，他们是通过纽约时报的报道才知道博尔顿新书的存在。

Q： 博尔顿拒绝在众议院作证却选择此时披露关键信息，是不是背后捅刀的阴险之举？

A：并非博尔顿拒绝众议院作证，而是白宫禁止博尔顿作证。博尔顿在拒绝众议院作证的声明中引用了白宫命令，所有白宫现任以及前任官员不得配合众议院弹劾川普调查。博尔顿新书是纽约时报首先报道的。博尔顿本人对此书内容的提前披露表示遗憾。国家安全理事会负责官员要将书稿提交有关官员审查。其中任何人都有可能把相关内容向纽约时报透露。而纽约时报当然也知道在什么时机公布这个消息会产生最大的政治效力。

Q：博尔顿书中什么内容引起轩然大波？

A：Trump said he wanted to keep blocking $391 million in military aid to Ukraine until “officials had turned over all materials they had about the Russia investigation that related to Mr. Biden and supporters of Mrs. Clinton in Ukraine.”

Q：这个问题的关键性是什么？

A：Trump attorney Mike Purpura argued Saturday that “not a single witness testified that the president himself said that there was any connection between any investigations and security assistance, a presidential meeting or anything else.”

博尔顿新书敏感内容在川普律师说出这段话后的第二天晚上发表，给了川普辩护团当头一棒。

Q：川普本人如何回应博尔顿的指控？

A：Trump: "I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens," Trump wrote. "In fact, he never complained about this at the time of his very public termination. If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book."

Q：参议院共和党人士对此有何见解？

A：One Republican operative who advises the White House said he was “flabbergasted at how stupidly they have handled this.”

"I think it’s increasingly likely that other Republicans will join those of us who think we should hear from John Bolton. Whether there are other witnesses and documents, that’s another matter,” Romney, a Republican senator from Utah, said in the Capitol.

Q：参议院民主党人对此有何见解？

要求参议院传唤博尔顿和另外三名与此案有关的白宫官员作证。

Q：民众对此有何反应。

A：各种民意测试显示压倒多数民众认为参议院应该传唤证人或者认为参议院会传唤证人。