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U.S. — The nation is mourning the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who has tragically passed away without getting to see World War III. The renowned politician, avid hunter of both animals and men, and 43rd most popular Vice President, passed away peacefully at 84, surrounded by family. "He dedicated his life to achieving his dream of devastating global conflict, and it's a shame he passed before any of his work came to fruition," said close friend John Bolton while adding his signature to the latest batch of bombs coming off the assembly line. "We can only do...

⛔️CORRUPTION WATCH:Judge Ted Chuang, an Obama-appointed anti-Trump judge, has been assigned the case against John Bolton. He already ruled against @elonmusk and DOGE, and against President Trump when he righteously implemented the travel ban. I filed Articles of Impeachment on this judicial hack MONTHS ago. This is not good.pic.twitter.com/Kt3VgnsAar— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) October 20, 2025

Before you add John Bolton’s indictment to the growing pile of specious prosecutions of Donald Trump’s enemies, stop and read the Justice Department’s allegations that the former national security adviser systematically shared classified information with people who weren’t authorized to read it, all in the service of writing a tell-all book. The 18-count criminal indictment, filed yesterday, was compiled by experienced prosecutors, not political lackeys. It is detailed and precise, and relies on Bolton’s own words to implicate him. You should question whether these charges would be brought if Trump weren’t president. Officials in Joe Biden’s administration passed on the...

'Article III Project' founder Mike Davis told Bannon's "War Room" podcast that if the charges against former Trump national security advisor John Bolton are true, he is going to prison for a "very long time." MIKE DAVIS: The U.S. Attorney in the District of Maryland is a career federal prosecutor, they worked with the national security division at Main Justice. There are several career attorneys' names on this indictment, so this is not a political indictment. It is a very serious indictment. You're looking at 18 different counts against John Bolton -- eight of them for transmitting national defense...

Summary Investigation predates Trump administration, unlike Comey and James Trump critics say he is using Justice Department to punish enemies Proving Bolton's diaries were classified may be complex Oct 17 (Reuters) - The indictment of John Bolton on charges of sharing classified information is stronger than the recent charges against two other political foes of President Donald Trump, but the former U.S. national security adviser has several options for mounting a defense, legal experts said.Bolton, 76, said in a statement on Thursday that he was the latest target in Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department against his enemies. He pleaded...

@seanmdav John Bolton is in deep trouble. According to the federal indictment against him, he not only stored thousands of pages of classified documents at his home long after his government employment ended, he regularly shared classified info with multiple uncleared individuals via unsecured Google and AOL email.

Each case will be judged on its own merits, but this is part of a pattern of selective prosecution.President Donald Trump has embarked on a campaign of prosecuting political foes, from ex-FBI director James Comey to New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). On Thursday night, his former national security adviser, John Bolton, became the third high-profile antagonist to face charges in as many weeks. What’s different now is that the Justice Department’s charges, and the evidence underlying them, appear stronger than in previous cases.A grand jury in Maryland indicted Bolton on 18 counts of transmitting and retaining national defense...

Bolton’s home and office were raided earlier this year. Authorities found evidence the former Trump advisor retained secret documents from his time in the government. A grand jury delivered an 18-count indictment on Thursday against former national security advisor and Trump critic John Bolton, who has been accused of unlawfully handling classified documents.The grand jury indictment charged Bolton with 18 felonies, including 10 counts of illegal retention of national defense information. He was also charged with eight counts of transmitting national defense information.“There is one tier of justice for all Americans,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement....

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on charges of mishandling classified information — accusing him of sending sensitive national security documents through a personal AOL email account. The indictment alleges that Bolton knowingly transmitted materials related to foreign policy matters while communicating with outside contacts after leaving the White House. Bolton, 76, served as President Trump’s national security adviser from April 2018 until his firing in September 2019.

The Justice Department is preparing criminal charges against John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, according to exclusive reporting from MSNBC. Prosecutors in Maryland are said to be weighing whether to seek a grand jury indictment or move faster by filing a direct court complaint, possibly next week. Bolton, 76, served under Trump from 2018 to 2019 and has since become one of his fiercest critics. A longtime Republican foreign policy hawk, he has publicly blasted Trump's handling of classified material and foreign policy decisions. MSNBC's Carol Leonnig reported that acting U.S. Attorney Kelly Hayes believes there's a strong...

Summary Justice Department pressures prosecutors for Bolton indictment, people say Prosecutors see need for more investigation, sources say Bolton's attorney says his client has done nothing wrong WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Senior leaders at the U.S. Justice Department are urging swift charges against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, despite hesitation from prosecutors who believe more investigation is necessary, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.The move comes a week after the administration pushed out the top federal prosecutor in Virginia, angry that the department was not moving faster to prosecute Trump critics including Bolton...

Federal agents executing a search warrant at the downtown office of former National Security Adviser John Bolton in late August seized a cache of documents marked as classified, according to court documents. The office mission was the second such search conducted by the FBI following an early-morning raid at Bolton's home. The application for the warrant at his office, according to the filing, was to search for "evidence of a crime" and to locate potential "contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed." An inventory of the property taken at Bolton's office indicates several electronic devices, as well as...

University of Pennsylvania, which hosted the Penn Biden Center where classified documents were found in November, received $47.7 million from China in the three years when Biden was affiliated with it. ... The University of Pennsylvania, the Ivy League institution which collected tens of millions of dollars from China while paying Joe Biden and hosting his foreign policy think tank, successfully pressured the Biden Justice Department to end an FBI counterespionage program targeting Beijing's increasing influence within U.S. academia. Attorney General Merrick Garland shut down the FBI's so-called China initiative in February 2022 shortly after more than 160 members of...

Here are some of the items seized from John Bolton’s house: 2 different iPhones A white binder labeled “statements and reflections to allied strikes” Typed documents in folders labeled “Trump I-IV” 4 boxes containing printed daily activities 3 Dell computers – with cables 3 hard drives

When news hit last week that federal agents had raided John Bolton’s Maryland home and Washington office, the reaction was as predictable as it was hysterical. The left immediately leapt into hysterics, spinning the story as proof of Trump’s alleged obsession with revenge, tying it to Bolton’s bitter falling-out with him. Within hours, the usual chorus was screeching the same tired lines: Democracy is under attack! Trump is a dictator! This was pure political retribution! Only it wasn’t. A new report from—if you can believe it—the New York Times has thrown cold water on that absurd little storyline. According to...

New details have emerged surrounding the investigation into former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who may have allowed a foreign government to gain access to classified intelligence when publishing a memoir in 2020, according to a bombshell report from the New York Times. Despite constant allegations from Democrats and mainstream media pundits of political targeting on the part of the Trump Administration, The Times reported that the current investigation into Bolton “began to pick up steam” during the Biden presidency. Intelligence officials began to investigate after obtaining evidence that he may have mishandled classified information, according to unnamed sources familiar...

Once again, the narratives of the professional fake-news media collapse.For several days the media has been saying the Trump administration FBI targeted John Bolton, hence the FBI raid on his home and office. However, the New York Times now outlines how the investigation into John Bolton began during the Biden administration and picked up speed after they received access to his email information from an “adversarial country’s spy service.”Apparently, John Bolton used an unclassified email system to send information to his friends and allies. The emails were intercepted. Bolton was discussing information that appears to have been the outcome of...

Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton transmitted classified emails over a private server system and they were intercepted by a hostile foreign country’s spy service, according to a leak to The New York Times. ..... Snip..... The New York Times on Wednesday reported that the US Government actually discovered John Bolton’s classified emails while gathering information from an “adversarial country’s spy service.” The New York Times reported: The investigation into President Trump’s former national security advisor, John R. Bolton, began to pick up momentum during the Biden administration, when U.S. intelligence officials collected information that appeared to show that...

Pelosi has sent a letter to Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller. Why? She is attempting to block the installation of a new NSA Counsel candidate appointed by President Trump. It is well known that the NSA’s new top lawyer is a Trump loyalist. Is that why Pelosi is worried? Specifically, she claims that the move is “highly suspect” since there are apparently only 2 days left in President Trump’s time in the White House. Pelosi claims that this move “is highly irregular and highly suspect.” Ummm… like impeaching an outgoing President just days before his term ends? Pelosi published...

I went to prison for defending the Constitutional separation of powers. John Bolton (an occasional contributor to The Hill) may well wind up in prison, too if investigators uncover evidence and prosecutors decide to bring charges over his alleged classified disclosures. When Bolton wrote his book, “The Room Where It Happened” — reportedly receiving a $2 million advance — he wasn’t just dishing gossip. He was sharing information about Oval Office conversations and national security that should have stayed secret — either by law or under executive privilege. A federal judge already spelled this out in black and white. In...