Bolton accuses CNN host of lying about a call between Trump and Putin so he can pick a fight about Russia — then gets hit with the transcript

In a contentious exchange on CNN Wednesday, National Security Advisor John Bolton claimed CNN’s John Berman was “missing the point” of an interview he gave earlier on Fox News where he appeared to say there’s a scheduled phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The back-and-forth began when Berman asked what Trump has “said to Vladimir Putin on this subject” of Venezuela. Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was prepared to flee the country until the Kremlin advised him not it. The U.S. has pledged to support an uprising against the Maduro regime.

“We’ve made it clear to the Russians in a lot of conversations and a lot of different levels, some of which are going to continue today, why we think this behavior is unacceptable to us,” Bolton replied.

View the complete May 1 article by Elizabeth Preza on the AlterNet website here.