GOP insider reveals how raided ex-Trump adviser feels about president: 'A chump, a fool'

By: David McAfee Aug 23, 2025 7:35PM ET

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David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that specializes in philosophical works that challenge religion or spirituality.

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"A chump, a fool, a know-nothing." That's how former Trump adviser-turned-critic John Bolton portrayed the president before he was raided by the FBI, according to conservative lawyer and activist George Conway.

Conway, the prominent conservative attorney and “never Trump” Republican turned independent, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to discuss the FBI raid.

When asked about the motives for the Trump administration, Conway said, "Truth of the matter is, what Donald Trump was upset about was not that there was classified information in there."

"But the fact that John Bolton, in great detail, portrayed Donald Trump as a chump and a fool and basically a know nothing about foreign policy and completely unsuited for the office of president of the United States," he added. "And John Bolton has stuck to that. I mean, he really learned a lot about Donald Trump in his time at the White House, and none of it was good."

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