The Bolton Trap July 25, 2019 - Trump's second telephone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, in which he raises his concerns about the Bidens and corruption.  Aug. 28, 2019 – National Security Advisor John Bolton becomes the first high-level Trump administration official to visit Kyiv since President Zelensky’s inauguration. Bolton will report that the two discussed a possible meeting between the two presidents during a trip to Poland that Trump had planned. Sept. 9, 2019 - The Intel IG (Michael Atkinson) notifies House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff of an ‘urgent concern’ that the DNI has overruled. Three House committees launch investigations into efforts by Trump, Giuliani and others to pressure the Ukrainian government to assist the President's reelection efforts. The committees request information about Trump's July phone call with Zelensky. Sept. 10, 2019 - National Security Adviser John Bolton formally resigns as national security adviser because of his strong disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a number of other global challenges. Sept. 23, 2019 – New York Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs has a phone call with John Bolton. He will later state: “On that call, Ambassador Bolton suggested to me — unprompted — that the committee look into the recall of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. He strongly implied that something improper had occurred around her removal as our top diplomat in Kyiv.” Sept. 24, 2019 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump. Oct. 8, 2019 - The White House informs House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats running the impeachment inquiry that it will not cooperate in what it sees as an illegal effort. WH staff are ordered not to comply with subpoenas. Nov. 22, 2019 – John Bolton tweets: “Re: speaking up -- since resigning as National Security Advisor, the @WhiteHouse refused to return access to my personal Twitter account.  Out of fear of what I may say? To those who speculated I went into hiding, I’m sorry to disappoint!”  Note that this comes soon after witness testimonies had been given in the House impeachment inquiry. Note also that Bolton’s twitter account had always been accessible and this tweet helped to convince everyone that Bolton and Trump are at odds. Dec. 30, 2019 – John Bolton submits his manuscript to the NSC to be reviewed for possible classified information. Yevgeny Vindman, the brother of DS hack Alexander Vindman, is reportedly in charge of reviewing all publications by current and former officials at the National Security Council. Jan. 6, 2020 – John Bolton reports that he would be willing to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial if the Senate subpoenaed him.  Jan. 17, 2020 – The National Security Council senior director for European and Russian affairs, Andrew Peek, is escorted from the White House grounds and is put on leave pending a security-related investigation. Jan. 22, 2020 – Q posts “Castle clean.” Jan. 23, 2020 – John Bolton is informed by the WH that he can’t publish his book until classified material is removed. Jan. 26, 2020 – The NYT (Maggie Haberman) reports that John Bolton claims in his yet-to-be-published book that Trump told him “that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens.” Democrats immediately begin claiming that this adds more weight to their argument that Trump misused his powers. Bolton’s lawyers will later claim that Bolton didn’t leak the manuscript to the NYT and that “the prepublication review process has been corrupted.” Jan. 26, 2020 – John Bolton’s new book goes up for pre-order at Amazon hours after the NYT publishes a report on it. The book’s release date is set for March 17, 2020.