Former National Security Advisor John Bolton is back in the news this week after a cherry-picked snippet from his upcoming book magically leaked to the media during the middle of the Senate impeachment trial into President Donald Trump. While hes now at the center of the impeachment witch hunt, a new report reveals that Bolton pocketed $115,000 from Ukrainian steel oligarch Viktor Pinchuks foundation shortly before entering Trumps White House as national security adviser.
A financial disclosure shows that Bolton accepted $115,000 from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation for a pair of speeches in September 2017 and February 2018.
At the former speech in Kyiv, Bolton sat on a panel and basically expressed that the national security establishment would not allow Trump to become unconventional on policy, stating, The notion that [Trumps presidency] is going to represent a dramatic break in foreign policy is just wrong. Calm down, for Gods sake.
As the Washington Post noted, Pinchuk has exceeded $10 million in donations to the Clinton Foundation.