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Bolton: 'No US govt involvement' in reported Venezuela attack

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US national security adviser John Bolton said today that there was "no US government involvement" in the reported attack Saturday during a Caracas military parade attended by the Venezuelan president.

Bolton, speaking on "Fox News Sunday," said the incident could be "a pretext set up by the regime itself" of President Nicolas Maduro "or something else."

While denying any US role, he said that if Venezuela had "hard information" of a potential violation of US law, "we will take a serious look at it.

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First Published: Aug 05 2018 | 7:30 PM IST

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