John Bolton: Putin Denied in Meeting There Was Any Election Meddling by the 'Russian State'

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediate

by Josh Feldman | 1:39 pm, July 1st, 2018

National Security Advisor John Bolton talked on Face the Nation this morning about his recent meeting with Vladimir Putin and the upcoming summit with President Donald Trump.

Margaret Brennan pressed him on the specifics of what Trump wants out of Putin. Bolton said that Trump will be raising issues like Syria, Ukraine, and 2016 election meddling.

At one point, Brennan brought up comments from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats about continued Russian meddling efforts and whether Bolton brought it up in his meeting with Putin. Bolton confirmed, “The election meddling issue was definitely something we talked about.”

“And what President Putin said––through a translator of course, but what he said was there was no meddling in 2016 by the Russian state,” he added.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/john-bolton-putin-denied-in-meeting-there-was-any-election-meddling-by-the-russian-state/

[YOHABLO]

1. Well, I guess that's 'case closed' then.

[olegramps]

21. Right on! Why are we wasting the time of our idiotic president on a non-issue.

I will believe Bolton when he wipes the blood from his hands of our soldiers that he and his ilk sent to their deaths on damn lies.

[forgotmylogin]

30. So Hillary should have just said "What emails?"

That would have saved a lot of time, effort, and money if that's how they'd handled it.

Putin and Kim are taken at their word. It's the world turned upside-down yo.

[shraby]

2. And we're supposed to believe putin why?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. What did they think he'd say?

"Yeah, we did it, stupid Americans! Bwahahahahaha!"

Right.

The stupid part is where Spanky - and apparently Bolton, too, having done a 180 about Russia on his knees before his new master - seem to be taking Putin at his word.

[Achilleaze]

4. Ya know what, I'm sticking with the 17 US Intelligence Agencies that say there was

They are unanimous. Russia worked its ass off to steal the election for Dirty Donny. Meanwhile, the republicans have trained me to expect that they are lying, since they have lied so often.

Who to trust? Not Comrade Casino and his KGOP republican kronies, that's for damn sure.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[SWBTATTReg]

28. Amen to what you say, Achilleaze! nt

[unblock]

5. Ah, so he meddled in his spare time as a private individual....

[thegoose]

6. We're awash in filthy lies

And seeing this piece of shit on network television again is the jaws of hell. Fuck them all.

[joe_stampingbull]

7. Ah yes,

always believe murderous corrupt dictators.

[CatMor]

8. Well golly gee ....

if Vlad told him that it must be true. Does Bolton think we're all a bunch of dumb hayseeds.

[3catwoman3]

19. He very likely does.

He's an arrogant, dismissive SOB.

[lagomorph777]

45. Trump's base are a bunch of dumb hayseeds; he doesn't care what WE think.

[bitterross]

9. And, Nixon said he was not a crook.

So, I believe them both.

[mahannah]

10. I don't believe either one of these "people".

[left-of-center2012]

11. Well, there you have it

Trump also has said Putin denied any interference.
Time to end the Mueller investigation.

[catchnrelease]

12. Whew!!

I feel so much better now!

[keithbvadu2]

13. Trumps Russian supporters celebrated their victory.

Trumps Russian supporters celebrated their victory.

"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/make-russia-great-again-if-trump-lifts-sanctions-putin-could-finally-establish-his-country-as-an-equal-to-u-s&pubdate=2016-12-03

[BumRushDaShow]

14. There must be something slipped in the food or water but

what is it about this administration where stone cold advocates of certain polices suddenly do 180s on them?

Maybe it's the promise of $$$??? Or the threat of blackmail (serious stuff)???

[Jedi Guy]

42. I'm gonna go with pod people here.

It's the only thing that makes sense. I would've said brain slugs, but there's an obvious difficulty with that theory.

[BumRushDaShow]

43. That has to be it

[dameatball]

15. We know he is lying. What we don't know is why they don't just throw it back in his face.

WTF has happened to the free press?These traitorous sh**heads smugly lie with no concern for being held accountable. I can (ALMOST) understand some reporters not wanting to lose access to a White House press conference or something (and even that is pitiful)…..but he is appearing on a network show for pete's sake. Call him out! Do you really think many Trump supporters are watching anyway? They are just waiting for tweets.

[KPN]

16. What the hell are they doing giiving Bolton a national stage in the first place?

Whose fucking side are they on? Trump's or the nation's? Geezuz!!!!!!

[SayItLoud]

17. What's even worse than this whacko going on television

and making this absurd claim is that he thinks American's are dumb enough to accept the denial. Only the LessEds and lemmings of the tRUMP CULT believe this shit.

[Mountain Mule]

18. Well, I for one am ever so relieved

Putin would never tell lies. Why he's the George Washington of Russia, right? And Cheeto and friends have made some sort of Faustian bargain with the devil's Russian department. Hopefully, that bargain includes a toasty ringside seat in the inner circles of hell.

[3catwoman3]

20. Well, then. We have all been outraged for...

...no reason. If ONLY they had told us this reassuring tidbit earlier.

.

[handmade34]

22. ...

[keithbvadu2]

23. Since Trump inauguration.... Russia is our friend

Since Trump inauguration.... Russia is our friend

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=RFg5W-qvOsSM0wKBpo_QDQ&q=russia+is+our+friend&oq=russia+is+our+friend&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39k1.1401.5073.0.6283.21.20.0.0.0.0.332.2713.0j13j2j1.16.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..5.16.2708.0..0j0i131i20i264k1j0i20i264k1j0i131k1j0i3k1j0i22i30k1.0.oD9Yf5n_ZJY

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[Maxheader]

24. Yes sir Boss!...I believe you boss! and boss?

I'm a much better leader than the president...get ahold of me
if he gives you any problems...(wink..wink)

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

25. OK, fine Russian "state" didnt do it - what about the surrogates acting on behalf of the

Russian State? No government state is going to have a line item in their budget reading "assassination of so and so " or "illegal arms shipments" or "troll farm start up fund."

LOL

[still_one]

26. From the man who believed the invasion of Iraq was a success

[JDC]

27. He's a coward

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Bolton is dubious owner of the most flagrant 180 U-turn on Russia. Sellout. . . . nt

[olddad56]

31. Putin has meddled in every election in Russia where he has beena candidate. but really,...

I believe him.

[YOHABLO]

37. Putin even decides who he will allow to challenge him.

[truthisfreedom]

33. Manchurian administration.

[Xipe Totec]

34. Did he get a good look at Putin's eyes while he was kissing his ass?

It's kind of a difficult angle.

[Midnight Writer]

35. Bolton would not dare look into the Alpha dog's eyes.

[Xipe Totec]

44. But, but... how can you see his soul then? nt

[Kablooie]

36. This is in-spite of the government controlled Russian media bragging how they put Trump in office.

Yep.
They've been crowing about it.

[Snellius]

38. Only topic on agenda: the Pee-Pee Tape. Putin's got the Urinator by the balls.

[Orsino]

39. If it's any consolation to y'all, realize just how much those words must have hurt him coming out.

Repeating the stupid talking point of a stupid dilettante who knows nothing of foreign policy is beneath even Bolton's dignity.

[Blue_Tires]

40. Yeah, because Putin would straight up admit it out of the blue

[maxsolomon]

41. Lying right in your face is a common skill among Autocrats.

Bolton knows it's a lie. Putin knows he knows. Bolton knows Putin knows he knows.

He's just being a "Diplomat" on FTN, and carrying Trump's water at the same time.