According to the New York Times, Bolton is offering new insight into a White House meeting Senator Johnson attended.

Sen. Ron Johnson is mentioned in a new unpublished book manuscript written by former White House national security adviser John Bolton, which was first reported by the New York Times. In it, Bolton offers new insight into a May 23 White House meeting with top advisers and attended by Johnson where the president reportedly “railed about Ukraine trying to damage him and mentioned a conspiracy theory about a hacked Democratic server, according to Mr. Bolton.” According to POLITICO, Johnson said Monday, “My guess is John Bolton tells the truth,” and when asked by CNN whether he would now like to hear from Bolton during the impeachment trial, Johnson said, “We’ll go through this phase one and then we’ll make that determination.” Johnson’s office referred WISN 12 News to an October statement in response to the new reporting. "Senator Johnson does not recall in any meeting or discussion with the president, or any member of the administration, that the term 'quid pro quo' was ever used,” the statement said. “Nor does he recall any discussion of any specific case of corruption in the 2016 election, such as Crowdstrike, the hack of the DNC servers, Hillary Clinton campaign involvement, or Hunter and Joe Biden, during general discussions of corruption, which is endemic throughout Ukraine.”

Sen. Ron Johnson is mentioned in a new unpublished book manuscript written by former White House national security adviser John Bolton, which was first reported by the New York Times.

In it, Bolton offers new insight into a May 23 White House meeting with top advisers and attended by Johnson where the president reportedly “railed about Ukraine trying to damage him and mentioned a conspiracy theory about a hacked Democratic server, according to Mr. Bolton.”


According to POLITICO, Johnson said Monday, “My guess is John Bolton tells the truth,” and when asked by CNN whether he would now like to hear from Bolton during the impeachment trial, Johnson said, “We’ll go through this phase one and then we’ll make that determination.”

Johnson’s office referred WISN 12 News to an October statement in response to the new reporting.

"Senator Johnson does not recall in any meeting or discussion with the president, or any member of the administration, that the term 'quid pro quo' was ever used,” the statement said. “Nor does he recall any discussion of any specific case of corruption in the 2016 election, such as Crowdstrike, the hack of the DNC servers, Hillary Clinton campaign involvement, or Hunter and Joe Biden, during general discussions of corruption, which is endemic throughout Ukraine.”