BOLTON: I could see that the issue was there. It was one reason I resisted the idea of having an early meeting by President Zelenskiy with President Trump or more phone calls than just the congratulatory calls we had. Because I feared that the president himself would put that on the table directly. And it would be much more difficult in those circumstances. But there wasn't any doubt. He said it to me directly that that's what he had in mind. There were other conversations, some involved Rudy Giuliani, where this connection was becoming clear. The conversation in August was the crispest indication of the linkage. Indirectly, and by clear implication, it had been growing for quite some time.
Q: The president denied it, tweeting, "I never told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens." Is the president lying?
BOLTON: Yes he is. And it's not the first time, either.
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