John Bolton Says The Quiet Part Out Loud

John Bolton confirms, from experience, that planning a Coup D’etat takes a lot of work.

TRANSCRIPT:

TAPPER: “One doesn’t have to be brilliant to attempt a coup.”

BOLTON: “I disagree with that. As somebody who has helped plan coup d’etat, not here, but other places, it takes a lot of work. And that’s not what he did. It was just stumbling around from one idea to another. Ultimately, he did unleash the rioters at the Capitol. As to that, there’s no doubt. But not to overthrow the Constitution, to buy more time to throw the matter back to the states to try and redo the issue. And if you don’t believe that, you’re going to overreact. And I think that’s a real risk for the committee, which has done a lot of good work. Mostly when the witnesses testify, not when the members are opining. It is invariably the case that when you go too far, try to prove your case, you undermine it. And I think you got to give credit to the intelligence of the American people to listen to the witnesses and let them come to the conclusion. And I think the fellow who had actually gone into the Capitol who said today that he had blinders on and he was too loyal to one person, that is the central point.”