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Walleye

(45,484 posts)
3. I assume they have a search warrant. What does it state they are searching for
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:39 AM
Aug 2025

Or are they there just to plant Incriminating evidence.

peggysue2

(12,597 posts)
10. The Bulwark has it exactly right
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:46 AM
Aug 2025

John Bolton is not a sympathetic character. However, this is not merely an attack on Bolton; it's another assault on the rule of law and our democracy that when strong protects all citizens from this sort of legal harassment. Bolton's case involving his book has already been litigated. Trump lost. Now he's determined to put the fear of God into his perceived enemies and all critics. if the law gets twisted in the process? More the merrier.

The Mad King on another rampage.

Never forget, never forgive.

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
8. repube pissing all over Bible teachings. As usual
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:54 AM
Aug 2025

the repubes have no respect for the Bible. A handy prop, sure, but actually follow? No way. Instead of letting The Lord exact justice as specified in the Bible, they have appointed themselves as kind of Satanic Hate & Vengeance Goons. So anti-christian. So deeply troubling.

Maru Kitteh

(32,010 posts)
7. Has anyone asked them if they're looking for Epstein files?
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:51 AM
Aug 2025


Going to guess this is the one of MANY high-profile Stasi raids to come - cause Epstein. A warm up while they strategize raidnig Obama, the Clintons, Oprah, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Kamala Harris . . .

The desperation is so thick! But that is one dangerous dinasour trapped in the Tar Pits.


LetMyPeopleVote

(182,091 posts)
11. MaddowBlog-FBI searches home of former national security adviser John Bolton, a frequent Trump target
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:20 PM
Aug 2025

It’s extraordinary to see the FBI target a prominent presidential critic, suspecting him of the same wrongdoing that led to a Trump criminal indictment.

After Bolton told the public that Trump is “unfit to be president”:
- Trump tried to block his book from being published
- Trump canceled his security detail
- Trump revoked his security clearance
- and now the FBI has raided his house www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-22T12:37:56.418Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fbi-raids-home-former-national-security-advisor-john-bolton-frequent-t-rcna226507

The escalation has now reached new heights. NBC News reported:

The FBI raided former national security adviser John Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday as part of a ‘national security investigation in search of classified records,’ a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. ... In a post on X early Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote, ‘NO ONE is above the law... @FBI agents on mission.’


.....What’s more, before Bolton’s book was released in 2020, Team Trump’s lawyers went to court in the hopes of derailing its publication. That effort failed and the book became a bestseller.

Three months later, Trump’s Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into whether Bolton disclosed classified information when he published his memoir. A former career official with the National Security Council later said in a court filing that Team Trump opened the criminal investigation into Bolton based on false pretenses......

That said, at face value, it’s nothing short of extraordinary to see the FBI, led by a hyperpartisan Trump loyalist, search the home of a prominent presidential critic — suspecting him of the same wrongdoing that led to one of Trump’s criminal indictments.

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