Post AxQrWDmnZ1t8GHKDK4 by huntingdon@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AxQefymsstwvEggi6C by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:14:57Z
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#RevengePolitics#FBI searches home & office of ex-Trump #NationalSecurity adviser #JohnBoltonThe FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, who served in the first #Trump admin as national security adviser but later became critical of Trump, purportedly as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment https://apnews.com/article/trump-fbi-bolton-patel-records-home-search-d02cca9e51360115262727ce45be3d65
(DIR) Post #AxQf0knS65i7vQrLns by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:18:43Z
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#JohnBolton was not detained & has not been charged with any crimes….After the search at Bolton’s home started, he was spotted Friday morning standing in the lobby of the Washington building where he keeps an office & talking to 2 people with “#FBI” visible on their vests. He left a few minutes later & appeared to have gone upstairs in the building. Agents were seen taking bags into the office building through a back entrance.#Trump #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQfIlZvvdbBYy7pJI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:21:58Z
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The searches are the most significant public step the #DOJ has taken against a perceived enemy of #Trump, & they’re likely to elicit fresh criticism that the admin is using its law enforcement powers to go after Trump’s foes. The searches of #JohnBolton’s home & office come as the admin has taken steps to examine the activities of other critics, including by authorizing a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump - #Russia probe.#RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQfO54orWn5U26dd2 by R_Wheeler@mastodon.social
2025-08-22T13:22:54Z
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@Nonilex Seems like a flex towards a former ally for criticism maybe?
(DIR) Post #AxQffagEcAPKQGxL5E by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:26:06Z
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The #Trump admin did not comment & referred questions to the #FBI. The #DOJ also had no comment, but appeared to cryptically refer to the search of Bolton’s home in a series of social media posts.FBI *Director* #KashPatel, who in a 2023 book he wrote included #JohnBolton in a list of “members of the Executive Branch Deep State,” posted: “NO ONE is above the law… FBI agents on mission.” AG #PamBondi shared his post, adding: “America’s safety isn’t negotiable. Justice will be pursued. Always.”
(DIR) Post #AxQfxlEu5vBmNrpvRw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:29:22Z
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The #DOJ is also conducting mortgage fraud investigations into Democratic Sen. #AdamSchiff of California [who served as a prosecutor of Trump’s first impeachment] & #NYAG #LetitiaJames, who brought a #civil #fraud lawsuit against #Trump & his company, & ex-Trump prosecutor #JackSmith faces an investigation from an independent watchdog office. Schiff & James have vigorously denied any wrongdoing through their lawyers.#Trump #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQg1MPwK9WGYfiO6y by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:29:57Z
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In an ABC interview earlier this month, #JohnBolton was asked about whether he was worried about the #Trump admin taking action against him. Bolton said Trump had “already come after” him by taking away his security detail, & he added: “I think it is a #retribution presidency.” #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQg2cgdJxDdJ27oxc by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-08-22T13:30:15Z
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@Nonilex The FBI raiding John Bolton's home is clearly payback for his openly criticizing Trump. It's a threat to him and, more systemically, anyone like him, who might impose a reality check on a Trump administration addicted to fantasies. It's a key component of what Trump and Miller intend, without hyperbole, to be Trump's police state. Trump has no other way to remain in power for life.
(DIR) Post #AxQgFRr4u4wtTe7t7A by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:32:28Z
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#JohnBolton served as Trump’s third #NationalSecurity adviser for 17 months & clashed with him over Iran, Afghanistan & North Korea. He faced scrutiny during the first #Trump admin over a book he wrote about his time in government that officials argued disclosed classified information, but the #DOJ in 2021 abandoned it lawsuit & dropped a separate grand jury investigation.#RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQgUb9IdCSge4sCNk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:34:58Z
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#JohnBolton’s lawyers have said he moved forward with the book after a WH #NationalSecurity Council ofcl, with whom Bolton had worked for months, said the manuscript no longer contained classified information.On his first day back in office this year, #Trump revoked the #security clearances of >4 dozen former #intelligence officials, including Bolton. Bolton was also among a group of former Trump officials whose security details were canceled by Trump earlier this year.#RevengePolitics #law
(DIR) Post #AxQgguoTLXl16j0LzM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:37:26Z
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#JohnBolton’s scathing book, “The Room Where It Happened,” portrayed #Trump as grossly ill-informed about #ForeignPolicy & said he “saw #conspiracies behind rocks, & remained stunningly #uninformed on how to run the White House, let alone the huge federal government.”Trump responded by slamming #Bolton as a “crazy” war-monger who would have led the country into “World War Six.”#RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQguPzkix6xa5igHA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:39:50Z
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#JohnBolton served as US ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. #Bush & also held positions in President Ronald #Reagan’s admin. He considered running for president in 2012 & 2016.In 2022, an Iranian operative was charged in a plot to kill Bolton in presumed retaliation for a Jan 2020 US airstrike that killed the country’s most powerful general. Bolton had by then left the #Trump admin but tweeted, “Hope this is the first step to regime change in Tehran.”#RevengePolitics
(DIR) Post #AxQh9JQbQE1FYeNels by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T13:42:40Z
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In recent days, #JohnBolton has been a particularly harsh critic of how #Trump has handled his negotiations with President Vladimir V. #Putin of #Russia. Bolton has portrayed Putin as a canny former #KGB agent who is leading Trump around, wearing him down, & continuing the #war in #Ukraine without facing the “severe consequences” that Trump threatened.#RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQmiOMRZaE8lNyw9w by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T14:45:03Z
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The #FBI's search of #JohnBolton’s house comes at a time of internal tumult at a bureau already reeling from political purges & an exodus of experienced agents. Earlier this week — in an extraordinary & unexpected move — the White House installed #Missouri’s attorney general, #AndrewBailey, to serve as *co-director* of the bureau with #DanBongino, the FBI’s number-2 official, who has fallen out of favor over his actions in relation to the #EpsteinFiles.#Trump #RevengePolitics #law
(DIR) Post #AxQmtpnDvDvL1kxppo by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T14:47:07Z
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The search of #JohnBolton’s house is part of an investigation into accusations that #Bolton leaked sensitive #NationalSecurity information to the news #media & other parties in an effort to damage #Trump, according to a senior federal law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the situation. The investigation includes actions Bolton took over the past 4 years, & not just in the earlier gathering of material for his book, the official added.#RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQn3QTGvGVFOBCnqK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T14:48:51Z
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#Trump just denied having advance knowledge of the search of John Bolton’s house. Speaking to reporters in #Washington, Trump claimed he told the #DOJ not to inform him of such things. “I’m not a fan of #JohnBolton,” he added.#RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQn5drS6sFRUqZY3M by colo_lee@mstdn.social
2025-08-22T14:49:14Z
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@Nonilex politicizing the FBI and going after political enemies is a serious problem -- one that will trouble us for many years.I'll now devote the time between now and my next sip of coffee to feeling bad for John Bolton... OK, done!
(DIR) Post #AxQoJwsQJ56OTsPctU by mls14@social.vivaldi.net
2025-08-22T15:02:58Z
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@Nonilex I strongly oppose the administration’s actions.But I have ZERO sympathy for John Bolton. He deserves far worse than this.
(DIR) Post #AxQojKxpt6fuQT3ArA by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-08-22T15:07:34Z
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@Nonilex liar liar asshole on fire
(DIR) Post #AxQpMxElWVWsQBrNDs by citizencat@mastodon.social
2025-08-22T15:14:45Z
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@NonilexOf course he is saying that he had no advanced knowledge. He lies so easily.What did John Bolton do to earn his wrath?
(DIR) Post #AxQqB7Y7SOuysopkAK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-22T15:23:51Z
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Speaking about the #JohnBolton raids, #Trump said he “could be the one starting it” if he chose.Trump said he told AG #PamBondi to “do what you have to do” & that he doesn’t want to know, but suggested he could be much more involved if he chose, saying, “I could know about it. I could be the one starting it.”“I’m actually the chief law enforcement officer,” he said. “But I feel that it’s better this way.”#FactCheck #TrumpLies #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law
(DIR) Post #AxQqZSaQtOOF4yWOm0 by Lizette603_23@mastodon.social
2025-08-22T15:28:14Z
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@Nonilex I can think of a lot of positions for him to assume that would improve everrything
(DIR) Post #AxQrWDmnZ1t8GHKDK4 by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-08-22T15:37:37Z
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@Nonilex Intentional ignorance is no defense to political or legal liability. John Roberts's attempt to insulate Trump individually from liability as president will not last forever.
(DIR) Post #AxR28ODeDnZnAHiqSu by timo21@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-08-22T17:36:38Z
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@Nonilex These 'mortgage fraud' investigations are similar to the 'corruption' investigations other dictators use to target their opponents.