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Rhiannon12866

(241,189 posts) Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:20 PM Friday

'Certainly looks suspicious': Ex FBI official on search on John Bolton's home - MSNBC Reports

Former FBI Senior Counterterrorism Official Christopher O'Leary joins Ali Vitali to provide his insight and expertise as the FBI searches former national security adviser John Bolton's home. NBC News' Peter Alexander and former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg also weigh in. - Aired on 08/22/2025.

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MaddowBlog-FBI searches home of former national security adviser John Bolton, a frequent Trump target LetMyPeopleVote Friday #1

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1. MaddowBlog-FBI searches home of former national security adviser John Bolton, a frequent Trump target

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Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:09 PM

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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 â€œunfit to be presidentâ€:
- 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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