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Does it make any difference if it is retribution?
American Thinker ^ | 25 Aug, 2025 | Susan Quinn

Posted on 08/25/2025 4:44:14 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The Democrats and many Republicans are crying foul over the raid on John Bolton, former National Security Advisor to Donald Trump during his first term. They say that these actions are retribution for the nasty things that Bolton has said; that he included classified information in his book; and that he is being punished for alienating President Trump:

Federal investigators went to Bolton’s house in Bethesda, Md., at 7 a.m. in an investigation ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel, a Trump administration official told The Post. Agents later went to Bolton’s office in downtown DC, but did not enter until a judge signed a warrant for that location late Friday morning.

‘NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission,’ Patel said in a cryptic post to X shortly after the raid began.

Although people are pointing to Bolton’s use of classified information for his book, the reasons identified for the raid are speculation. Another suggestion was made for the probe:

Investigators reopened a dormant probe into Bolton’s alleged use of a private email to send classified national security documents to his wife and daughter from his work desk before his dismissal by Trump in September 2019, according to a senior US official.

‘While Bolton was a national security adviser, he was literally stealing classified information, utilizing his family as a cutout,’ this person charged.

The probe was initially opened in 2020, and continued into the Biden administration, which froze the investigation.

People are prepared to criticize Trump for almost anything, but I think, so far, they are barking up the wrong tree. There is much speculation for the raid on Bolton’s home and office, but the facts are not available. It is true that both men disliked each other -- hated, might be a more accurate term

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To: MtnClimber

#1 reason should be strictly on the legal basis.

But I’m OK with revenge / retribution / paybacks.

Either one works for me.


21 posted on 08/25/2025 6:13:00 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Mouton
That does not say what tool he will use!

That's what many people don't get.

22 posted on 08/25/2025 6:37:07 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: MtnClimber

Bolton made himself a security risk by his actions examples must be made.


23 posted on 08/25/2025 6:58:29 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: MtnClimber

It’s not retribution because these charges are real, not fake like the various Trump attacks.


24 posted on 08/25/2025 7:00:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MtnClimber

“They say that these actions are retribution for the nasty things that Bolton has said...”

By this sick logic we shouldn’t have had the Nuremburg trials, or any criminal trials for that matter. Might be accused of “retribution”.


25 posted on 08/25/2025 7:09:23 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: equaviator

Throw back the little ones, pan fry the big ones....


26 posted on 08/25/2025 8:24:19 AM PDT by skepsel ("A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime", Mark Twain.)
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To: MtnClimber

“The Democrats and many Republicans are crying foul over the raid on John Bolton”

‘And many Republicans’

Oh, please.


27 posted on 08/25/2025 8:40:49 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: MtnClimber
Yes, it does matter. Under no circumstances should a federal employee use the power of the government to settle grudges.

We've seen that being used a great deal against Trump since 2016, and it is wrong.

But, this is not what is going on here. This is not retribution. These are the consequences of abusing the government, and it's only when the abusers are held accountable that we can ensure that it doesn't happen again.

28 posted on 08/25/2025 8:44:18 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: MtnClimber

If it is legal, it = justice. Period.


29 posted on 08/25/2025 9:00:33 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: skepsel

Hey, I know that song! Out of the fryin’ pan and into the fire with ‘em.


30 posted on 08/25/2025 1:21:09 PM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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