Posted on 04/02/2023 1:09:39 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Former national security adviser John Bolton argued that the indictment of Donald Trump may ultimately help the former president politically, saying it could be "rocket fuel" that helps him secure the Republican nomination.
"I'm not worried about Alvin Bragg hurting Donald Trump. I'm worried about Alvin Bragg benefiting Donald Trump," Bolton said during a Sunday "Face the Nation" appearance on CBS. "If Trump is acquitted or he gets the case dismissed because it's not legally sufficient… that will be rocket fuel because he can say, ‘I told you this was a political prosecution.’"
Bolton, who served in the Trump administration for just over a year, made the comments just days after a grand jury in New York voted to indict the former president on charges believed to be related to alleged "hush money" payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign.
Trump is scheduled to be arraigned in the case in New York on Tuesday, with Bolton arguing the implications of a conviction or acquittal would be massive.
"I think he does have reason to be concerned about the substance of the case here," Bolton said. "I think while we're all obviously focused on the indictment, that's just the beginning. The real issue here is whether Alvin Bragg gets a conviction at some point in the near term, or whether Trump springs free, because the political implications are vasty different."
If Trump isn't convicted, Bolton said the former president will claim to be vindicated and be able to use that as ammunition on the campaign trail.
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Bolton, who said he is still considering a run for president himself, argued the right thing for Trump to do would be to step aside and let another candidate carry the torch for the Republican Party in 2024.
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That seems right to me also.
Bolton is a Neo Con, Deep State sociopath Bushbot.
Ay, por favor-esta mierda otra vez? He has attempted to run for pres at least once before, but no one was interested in having our military in perpetual war someplace-and we still aren’t-so he is pissed because he still can’t be relevant...
Didn’t Bolton work for Trump?
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He did a little over a year.
Trump brought him in to keep the Republican warfare fanatics off his back.
Eventually, he got sick of the warmongering dipshit and forced him out.
He did until Trump fired him for his warmongering-he is pissed about that, too-he hasn’t shut up about being a Trump hater since...
Trump will probably win the nomination and thoroughly tick off the GOP elite.
But, content with Uni-party rule, they will again sabotage him in the general election.
Trump will continue to make great points with his common sense policies but unfortunately mix in his silly self defeating remarks that could otherwise win new voters.
Bolton’s just mad because he knows Trump won’t get us into a nuclear war which he dearly wants.
Bolton is harboring a grudge because Trump fired him. They differ on the Ukraine, but that does not make either of them a monster. Actually both men know how to get even.
And yet despite being a cancer, Bolton worked for Trump as the National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump from April 2018 to September 2019.
The people have no loyalty
Don’t forget Hutchinson and Pence.
Why, the neo con lawyers turned professional politicians have been calling the shots for decades and we've have bumper to bumper wars for many many years.
Correct. If Trump is a patriot, he would realize that DeSantis needs to carry the torch. Then Trump can help to mobilize the MAGA base for DeSantis. That's his legacy.
Speaking of cancers, John Bolton...
They are all Demoncrats. Period. They should all be put into a “home for the emotionally disturbed..”
I do not agree with Neo-Con Bolton but—He is right in this. Make Trump’s approval ratings soar into the stratosphere. Make him more popular than the Pope. Make him a martyr to the lost American Judicial System. Urge Eric to run for public office and speak for his silenced father. If silence—let Trumps silence echo though the Halls of Congress as loud as any bull horn. The voice of Freedom can not be silenced—Let MAGA speak for him! He has done so much for the people—now its our turn to do something for him.
“John Bolton fears Trump indictment will act as accelerant on his campaign...”
Can’t fool John Bolton, can ya...
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