Posted on 08/24/2025 4:04:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Is the raid on John Bolton’s home retribution? Revival of a dormant case against him for mishandling national security? Something more sinister?
This week the FBI conducted a seven- or eight-hour raid on former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s home and his office. (Unlike raids such as those the Biden administration conducted against Trump, his employees, advisors, and associates, no press was alerted and engaged, so reports are from bystanders who videotaped it on their cell phones.) Is the raid on John Bolton’s home retribution? Revival of a dormant case against him for mishandling national security? Something more sinister?
Background
Five years ago, the Trump Department of Justice sued to enjoin the publication of John Bolton’s book The Room Where it Happened on the grounds that it contained classified information he was not authorized to disclose. Judge Royce Lamberth declined injunctive relief (Under the First Amendment it is almost impossible to prevent publication in advance by injunctive relief.) but made it clear that Bolton had mishandled such information:
BREAKING #BoltonBook From Judge Lamberth “While Bolton’s unilateral conduct raises grave national security concerns, the government has not established that an injunction is an appropriate remedy” + “Defendant Bolton has gambled with the national security of the United States...
The judge “…faulted Bolton for putting the nation's security at risk with some of the content he included, and stated that Bolton might have opened himself up to civil, and potentially even criminal liability by his actions.”
The department then sought to seize any profits from the sale of the book, but post-election the Biden Administration ceased pursuing the matter.
The FBI conducted a reported eight-hour raid on his home and office this week. There are varied reports of what they were seeking. Could they just be reviving the 2020 suit?
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Bolton seemed to favor the corrupt politicians. Many on the right loathed him.
The outlet also reported that yet-to-be-unsealed search warrants reference a controversy over his memoir to establish a pattern of behavior. However, a senior U.S. official told the Post the probe was a "clean break" from the investigation regarding Bolton’s book.
The unfinished business of constructing an honest, transparent, trustworthy government to buttress fabulous individuals in a great republic never ends.
Counterpunching with crushing force and effective timing.
American voters remain attracted to Trump because he is a counterpuncher to the Left and to the duplicitous deep state.
“allegations that Bolton sent classified documents to his family from a private email server while working at the White House,...”
Those tea leaves suggest Patel is seeking proof that Bolton used family members as intermediaries for leaking classified data to media and/or others, and scheming against President Trump. Did Bolton feel secure enough by the Comey FBI that he failed to destroy everything? I doubt it, but may the dots be connected.
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