Fbi Searches Home and Office of Ex-Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton
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The FBI searched the home and office of John Bolton, former Trump national security adviser, sparking concerns about the handling of classified documents by high-level officials, with commenters questioning a perceived double standard.
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ImJamal
4 months ago
2 repliesDoes every high level official just keep classified documents? We've had Trump, Biden, and now Bolton in just a couple years.
bediger4000
4 months ago
1 replyThis is a legit question, but Occam's razor suggests this is more Trump retribution against someone he's taken a dislike to. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy, Bolton refused to testify during Trump's first impeachment when he could have moved the needle on Trump running US foreign policy for his own benefit.
rasz
4 months ago
Likely Bolton has own copy of epstein files, unredacted.
deeg
4 months ago
The answer is probably yes. There are so many documents and so many rules that it's probably hard to be perfect. The difference is how people respond when notified; do they try to keep them or do they cooperate and give them back?
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