“ ‘If John Bolton says that in the book, I believe John Bolton.’ ” — John Kelly, former White House chief of staff

President Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff sided with John Bolton in comments late Monday when asked about the ex-National Security Adviser’s claim that Trump told him he wanted to tie Ukraine aid to an investigation of the Bidens.

Speaking in Sarasota, Fla., retired Gen. John Kelly told an audience that every time he was present in discussions with the security adviser and Trump, Bolton always gave the president “the unvarnished truth,” according to a report in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.