No U.S. government involvement in Venezuela drone blast: Bolton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States government had no involvement in Saturday’s drone blast at a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Sunday.

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks about election security in the White House press briefing room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

“I can say unequivocally there is no U.S. government involvement in this at all,” Bolton told “Fox News Sunday” in an interview.

Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Phil Berlowitz

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