Topic - John R. Bolton

As well, then-national security adviser John Bolton told colleagues he briefed Trump on the intelligence assessment and the subject was the sole purpose of that meeting with the president.

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Mr. Bolton noted wryly after hearing of the exchange that "we could cross repression of the Uighurs off our list of possible reasons to sanction China, at least as long as trade negotiations continued."

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