Former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton Says He Helped Plan Attempted Foreign Coups

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John Bolton, the former White House national security adviser for the Trump administration, has claimed that he previously helped plan attempted coups of foreign leaders.

Bolton made the comment in an interview with CNNโ€™s โ€œThe Leadโ€ on Tuesday, shortly after the Jan. 6 House Select Committee had wrapped up its seventh congressional hearing, regarding the breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Panel lawmakers focused much of Tuesdayโ€™s hearing on evidence around testimony provided by former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and alleged ties between former President Trump and โ€œextremistโ€ right-wing groups.

The committee claims that Trump intentionally tried to mount an insurrection against the United States government in a last-ditch effort to remain in power after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden.

Speaking to CNN, Bolton insisted that Trump could not have pulled off a โ€œcarefully planned coup dโ€™etat aimed at the Constitutionโ€ because โ€œthatโ€™s not the way Donald Trump does things.โ€

โ€œItโ€™s not an attack on our democracy,โ€ Bolton said. โ€œItโ€™s Donald Trump looking out for Donald Trump. Itโ€™s a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.โ€

CNN host Jake Tapper responded, โ€œI donโ€™t know that I agree with you, to be fair, with all due respectโ€ adding that โ€œone doesnโ€™t have to be brilliant to attempt a coup.โ€

However, Bolton said he disagreed with this statement before referencing his own alleged experience helping to plan a coup.

Helped Plan Coups

โ€œAs somebody who has helped plan coups dโ€™etatโ€”not here but, you know, [in] other placesโ€”it takes a lot of work. And thatโ€™s not what he [Trump] did,โ€ Bolton continued. โ€œIt was just stumbling around from one idea to another. Ultimately, he did unleash the rioters at the Capitol. As to that, there is no doubt. But not to overthrow the Constitution to buy more time to throw the matter back to the states to try to redo the issue.โ€

Byย Katabella Roberts

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