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Bolton Bombshell: Trump Asked For China's Help Winning 2020 |
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President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win reelection in 2020 by purchasing agricultural products from key U.S. states, former National Security Adviser John Bolton reportedly wrote in his new tell-all book.
During a Group of 20 summit meeting in Japan last summer, Trump was “pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win,” Bolton wrote in an excerpt of the book published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.
Trump stressed the importance of farmers and of “increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat” in his electoral success, Bolton wrote.
The anecdote is one of several startling revelations reportedly made in Bolton’s highly anticipated book, which is set to be released on June 23.
The Trump administration sued Bolton on Tuesday to block the publication of the book, arguing that it contains classified information. In response, Bolton’s attorney accused the White House of using national security information as a pretext to censor Bolton.
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| | A federal judge on Monday ordered Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to distribute $679 million in emergency COVID-19 relief funds to Native American tribes that should have gotten it months ago, and he chided the agency for causing “irreparable harm” with its delays. The judge’s order comes after the Treasury Department has blown past deadlines, for months, for distributing coronavirus aid to tribal governments, who have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. |
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The Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, a Black man, has been charged with felony murder. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced on Wednesday that now-former officer Garrett Rolfe would be charged with 11 counts, including felony murder and three counts of aggravated assault. |
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Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday that she plans to sign an executive order this summer restoring voting rights to felons who have earned parole. Iowa is the only remaining state to deny voting rights to felons for life. |
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