John Bolton said TFG used the term 'burner phones' during several discussions

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Robert Costa @costareports (CBS News)

NEWS: Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton said in an interview Tuesday, after the CBS-Post reporting was published, that he recalls Trump using the term “burner phones” in several discussions and that Trump was aware of its meaning…Bolton also said he and Trump have spoken about how people have used “burner phones” to avoid having their calls scrutinized.

2:33 PM · Mar 29, 2022

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[Blue Owl]

1. (gasp) Are you saying Donald tRump *LIED*?

[Escurumbele]

19. Of course not...who in their right mind would think something like that?

[exboyfil]

2. Johnny I would just love to know the context

Care to tell us that as well. We are pretty sure 1/6 wasn't Trump's first rodeo.

[bullwinkle428]

3. Just like he didn't know who David Duke or the Proud Boys were.

[C_U_L8R]

4. The orange idiot watches too much tv

All will be revealed, in time. This crook will pay.

[Escurumbele]

21. The orange idiot is not an idiot when it comes to mafia behaviour, he was well taught. He may be

an ignorant and a buffoon, but he is good at being evil, he knows what to do to not get caught, and somehow he is an expert at compromising people because I can't think that intelligent people (the list does not include McCarthy) would stoop so low as republican politicians have, their lack of dignity, and to expose themselves as pawns can only happen when there is real threat against them, and maybe their families.

[jaxexpat]

25. It may become clearer when we are shown just how mediocre some of these denizens actually are.

Wait, "mediocre" may be an over-rating for some of these characters.

Bolton himself amazes me that he can be so clueless and well-informed at the same time. Is he really just that childishly naive?

[gratuitous]

5. The tell

When the former guy said, "I have no idea what a burner phone is, to the best of my knowledge I have never even heard the term." That's how you know he's lying his pasty white rump-ah off. The "to the best of my knowledge" bit is from his numerous depositions, trying to dodge responsibility for his actions. It automatically affords the necessary wiggle room when the opposing attorney produces evidence that, yes, you do know what a burner phone is, and you've made frequent use of them in the past. Then comes the qualifier, "Oh, is that what a burner phone is? See, I've never heard it called that." So, see, he wasn't lying the whole time. It was just a misunderstanding, different people using different terms for the same thing.

Compare and contrast the former guy's "I have no idea" with his usual palaver about stuff he knows nothing about:

"Nobody knows more about X than me!"

[FakeNoose]

17. Remember when the Feds raided Michael Cohen's home and found 16 burner phones?

It wasn't that long ago, I think it happened in 2018 maybe?

Cohen didn't buy the burner phones for himself, he was holding them for his boss. He only had one employer - Chump. One of the phones may have been the property of Chump Jr., but it's still the same family of Mafia Dons.

Lock them ALL up!

[Harker]

6. Loathsome Bolton is proving himself to be of at least a little value.

If he can help convict Trumpsky of crimes, I'd appreciate it.

[TNNurse]

7. You do have to wonder why this horrid man is doing all this???

Is he hoping to escape his own conviction???

[Harker]

10. I think he was offended and embarrassed by Trumpsky...

and that really took some doing.

[gratuitous]

23. He's trying to escape the stink of working for the former guy

But like the guy who rips one in the elevator, there's nowhere he can go to get away from it. Bolton will just have to hope that like Mick Mulvaney someone somewhere will be desperate/stupid enough to give him a gig.

[struggle4progress]

8. "Put my name in the news! But don't ask me to testify!"

[UTUSN]

9. Gosh, BOLTON, testifying back when would have made a difference.

[LiberalFighter]

11. Typical MO of criminals. Deny knowledge despite witnesses saying otherwise.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I guess that's better than burner phone spurs /nt

[denbot]

18. LoL!

[tanyev]

13. Person. Woman. Man. Camera. Burner phones.

[AZLD4Candidate]

14. Donny Diphole lied: News flash - water is still wet!

[Pepsidog]

15. I hate myself for enjoying Bolton's take down of TFG.

[zuul]

16. Me too. I hate posting stuff about Bolton but I must say I love it when he goes after TFG.

Some repubes still care what Bolton has to say, so at least some of them will hear it. Fox surely won't have much to say about this.

[SergeStorms]

20. Every criminal knows what a "burner" is.

Donald Trump is a criminal, ergo......

[Rural_Progressive]

22. Axiomatic Truth: If TFG is breathing, he's lying.

[mnmoderatedem]

24. yeah but Bolton is a lefty liberal and part of the Deep State Conspiracy to take trump down

we all know that.

[cynical_idealist]

26. Surely russia and china and others have recordings of all conversations by tfg