GOP senators ‘feel blindsided’ administration had bombshell Bolton book and didn’t tell them – experts call it a ‘cover up’

Republican Senators are angry and "feel blindsided" the White House did not tell them it had a draft copy of John Bolton's upcoming book before they defended President Trump's lies that he did not extort Ukraine. The New York Times late Sunday revealed it had obtained the unpublished manuscript in which Bolton writes that in August Trump told him he wanted to continue to withhold aid from Ukraine until they agreed to manufacture "dirt" on Joe Biden and Hunter Biden.

One of the authors of that NY Times article, Maggie Haberman, Monday added to her reporting, via Twitter:

But many are convinced that Republican Senators had to have known that Trump was lying about his "perfect call" with Ukraine President Zelensky, as they lied for him.

And some experts are pointing to Haberman's tweet and doubting they didn't know – and accusing the lawmakers and Trump of engaging in a "cover up."