\u0027As somebody who has helped plan coups d\u0027etat — not here but you know (in) other places — it takes a lot of work,\u0027 Bolton told CNN\u0027s Jake Tapper
Bolton made the remarks to CNN after the day’s congressional hearing into the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The panel’s lawmakers on Tuesday accused former President Donald Trump of inciting the violence in a last-ditch bid to remain in power after losing the 2020 election.
Speaking to CNN anchor Jake Tapper, however, Bolton suggested Trump was not competent enough to pull off a “carefully planned coup d’etat,” later adding: “As somebody who has helped plan coups d’etat — not here but you know other places — it takes a lot of work. And that’s not what he did.”“I’m not going to get into the specifics,” Bolton said, before mentioning Venezuela. “It turned out not to be successful.
In 2019, Bolton as national security adviser publicly supported Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s call for the military to back his effort to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro, arguing that Maduro’s re-election was illegitimate. Ultimately Maduro remained in power. “I feel like there’s other stuff you’re not telling me ,” the CNN anchor said, prompting a reply from Bolton: “I’m sure there is.”Article content
John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, admits to helping plan coups in other countries while debating CNN’s
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