May 16, 2023

Trump former national security advisor John Bolton told CNN that if Trump follows through pardoning January 6 insurrectionists, that would be a "virtually treasonous" action.

CNN host Kaitlan Collins (yeah) finished up an interview with Bolton by referring to the CNN town hall she moderated with Trump last week.

Collins focused on Trump pledging to pardon seditionists, like the Proud Boys.

"What did you make of him saying he would consider pardoning most of them?" she asked.

"I think it’s virtually treasonous for the president to say he would pardon people who were trying to disrupt the work of Congress," Bolton stated. "It’s another example why he’s not fit to be president."

Bolton then took out his crystal ball.

"If anybody wants to know what a Trump administration would look like when he’s pardoning the people who rioted on January the 6th, I think that’s all you need to know."

If Trump is unconscionably reelected, this country will turn into a fascist, Christian nationalist state.

Neo-Nazis and all Trump supporters will not be bound by the U.S. Constitution or the laws of states. Trump will use his pardoning power as a get-out-of-jail card for anyone he deems is "owning the Left."

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