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Democrats Renew Demand For Bolton Testimony In Senate Trial After New Report

House impeachment managers press the Senate to call the former national security adviser to testify, after a New York Times report said Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigation of his political rivals.

Updated at 1:20 a.m. ET

Democrats are pressing the Senate to call former national security adviser John Bolton to testify in President Trump's impeachment trial following a new report that House impeachment managers describe as "explosive."

reported Sunday evening that Bolton wrote in a forthcoming book that the president told him in August he wanted

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