John Bolton clarified comments he made Sunday evening on Fox News in a second interview on Fox Monday morning.
John Bolton speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit on April 17, 2015 (Getty Images)
The former United Nations ambassador had claimed the alleged hacks of the DNC and RNC could be a “false flag operation,” but on Monday he made clear that a “false flag operation” did not mean it had been carried out by the United States government. (VIDEO: John Bolton — Russia Hacks Could Be ‘False Flag Operation’ By Obama Admin.)
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A false flag operation is “where a foreign intelligence service conducts an operation and leaves evidence pointing the finger at someone else,” he explained.
“So in other words, China might have left fingerprints that made it look like Russia?” posed Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy.
“Exactly,” Bolton answered. “Or Iran or North Korea.”
“The question is why would Russia leave fingerprints that it was trying to interfere in the election?” he continued. “For the trail to be so inexpert that the trail could be rapidly taken back to them is just hard to understand.”