Pompeo calls Bolton a traitor

Washington, June 19: Amidst a war of words between the Trump administration and John Bolton, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused him of being a traitor, saying he damaged America by violating his sacred trust with the people.

On the other hand, Bolton fired back and said that a series of tweets by President Donald Trump against him were unbecoming of the office of the president. Pompeo, in a statement in response to the excerpts from a book of Bolton who has made some stunning allegations against Trump, said that he has not read the book, but “from the excerpts I’ve seen published, John Bolton is spreading a number of lies, fully-spun, half-truths and outright falsehoods”.

“It is both sad and dangerous that John Bolton’s final public role is that of a traitor who damaged America by violating his sacred trust with its people,” the Secretary of State said.

Excerpts from the book, ‘The Room Where It

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Happened: A White House Memoir’, were carried by The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. Published by Simon & Schuster, the book is slated to hit the stores on June 23.

Trump had fired Bolton last year as the National Security Adviser, saying he had done some “big mistakes” and his actions were not in line with the administration. In the book, Bolton claims that Trump virtually pleaded with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a G-20 summit for help in his reelection.

Earlier in a series of tweets, Trump said that Bolton's book, “which is getting terrible reviews, is a compilation of lies and made up stories, all intended to make me look bad.” — PTI