Bolton'd, Part II?

By Sniffles

Are you feeling a little freaky about all this impeachment stuff? Experiencing sensory overload? We understand. Even though we cats are superior beings, we can find our little heads spinning, not just from what's happening on the Senate floor but from all the plots and subplots swirling around it.

In that vein, let's explore a subplot that just popped up today. And a wild thought that occurred to us.

A little over two weeks after the Ukraine situation blew up in public last September, Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had a phone conversation with former National Security Adviser John Bolton.

"On that call, Ambassador Bolton suggested to me — unprompted — that the committee look into the recall of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch," Engel revealed today. "He strongly implied that something improper had occurred around her removal as our top diplomat in Kyiv."

Pundits are suggesting that Engel made this statement public to ratchet up pressure on Republican Senators for witnesses — and as a coordinated tease for what else is in Bolton's book. But as the talking heads described the Bolton-Engel phone call as something a whistleblower would do, it suddenly dawned on us: What if John Bolton is the whistleblower?

Bolton became National Security Adviser in April 2018. He resigned — or was fired, whatever — this past September 10. The whistleblower complaint had already been submitted (August 12). Bolton and Engel spoke on September 23. Speaker Pelosi announced that the House would begin an impeachment investigation the next day. So the dates fit.

But more strikingly, give the complaint a quick reread and see if you can hear John Bolton's voice. (From what we hear, Bolton tells a good story, and we always thought the complaint was well-written. And while the words "drug deal" don't appear, it sure feels like one.)

It would explain why Engel did not go public with this earlier. And after all the "Where's the whistleblower?" screaming that the Republicans have done, it would be hilarious — and a small, strategic nuclear device detonated in the Office of White House Counsel. We cats PURR.