[ワシントン １２日 ロイター] –John Bolton, a former US administration aide to the president, said on a CNN television show that he had been involved in a foreign coup program on the 12th.
He succeeded in “carefully planning a coup” following a hearing was held in Congress on the same day by supporters of Mr. Trump on the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Suggested recognition that it is not as capable as it is.
“As someone who has helped plan a coup, it takes a lot of work. It’s not in the United States, but elsewhere. In the case of Mr. Trump, he didn’t.”
When asked by the moderator what coup d’etat he was talking regarding, he mentioned Venezuela: “The result was unsuccessful. We weren’t very involved, but what the opposition was doing to expel the illegally elected president. I knew I needed to do it, and they still failed. “
In 1919, when he was an aide to the president, Bolton expressed his support for Venezuelan opposition leader Guaidó calling on the military to retire the left-wing President Maduro. Maduro remained in the presidency.
Mr. Bolton only responded, “It should be,” when pressed that there should be cases other than Venezuela.
It is unusual for US officials to publicly admit that they were involved in a coup that triggers political instability in a foreign country.
