Stop trying to sell more books

Re “Bolton could flesh out Ukraine story,” Nov. 23

The article labels President Trump’s former national security advisor a “fierce partisan” and also describes his media teases, as well as his reluctance to testify, as benefiting future sales of the book he’s writing.

Those of us who subscribe to a local paid speakers series also recently discovered that John Bolton’s agent is marketing him as a potential speaker next season.

It appears to me that Bolton is fiercely partisan, fiercely selfish and fiercely greedy. I just wish that he would be fiercely American and simply tell Congress what he knows about impeachment-related issues. Ronel Kelmen Wright

El Segundo

During five days of live testimony, career diplomats who had served under both Republican and Democratic administrations provided more than enough substantive evidence to prove that President Trump withheld military aide and an official White House visit to extort and bribe a foreign leader into investigating a political rival and conspiracy theories about the 2016 election.

Republican members of Congress, instead of crossexamining witnesses, wasted their time by making meaningless statements and now claim that there has been insufficient information to consider impeachment.

Bolton is considered a vital witness, but if the president is truly interested in clearing his name, he would allow witnesses to testify. What is he hiding? Richard C. Armendariz

Huntington Beach

Fiona Hill told the truth. Bolton sold the truth. Stacy Antler

Los Angeles