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The career official who reviewed John BOLTON's book for classified mateiral described heavy pressure
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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
NEWS: The career official who reviewed John BOLTON's book for classified mateiral described heavy pressure from the White House to claim there as classified material in it.
Her court filing:
https://politico.com/f/?id=00000174
For example, she describes a four-hour session with White House counsel in which lawyer Patrick Philbin (one of Trump's impeachment trial lawyers) and others tried tried to coax her to admit mistakes.
https://politico.com/f/?id=00000174-bb14-d7ec-a17f-bff6c1ce0000…
She claims her faithful handling of Bolton's book led WH officials to cancel plans to bring her on staff. https://politico.com/f/?id=00000174-bb14-d7ec-a17f-bff6c1ce0000…
The filing is most unsparing toward Michael Ellis (one of the officials Dems tried to interview during impeachment but who didn't appear). Knight says he fundamentally twisted the process to claim certain passages were classified that were not. https://politico.com/f/?id=00000174-bb14-d7ec-a17f-bff6c1ce0000
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