Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade says the Bolton fallout should teach Trump to 'better vet his staff.' Bolton used to work for Fox.
Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade's latest advice applies in more places than one.
On Sunday, The New York Times reported former National Security Adviser John Bolton's forthcoming book claimed President Trump wanted to withhold aid from Ukraine until it promised to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. But instead of considering that as a major addition to the impeachment case against Trump, Kilmeade considered it to be proof that Trump "has to do a better job vetting his staff."
In a Monday discussion about the book, Kilmeade brought up the recording reportedly from Rudy Giuliani associate Igor Fruman that seemingly shows Trump telling Fruman and fellow associate Lev Parnas to "take out" former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. "One thing the president should take from this, between the Lev and the Igor tapes that are now out," Kilmeade said, is that Trump has "gotta do a better job vetting his staff."
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There's a heavy dose of irony in Kilmeade's statement, seeing as before Bolton was in the Trump administration, he spent a decade as a Fox News contributor.
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