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Vice President JD Vance told NBC News former national security adviser John Bolton was being investigated over classified documents, not politics.
Former national security advisor John Bolton's home and office were the subject of FBI raids on Aug. 22 as authorities search for classified documents.
The FBI has searched the Maryland home and Washington office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information.
Former CIA Director Leon Panetta suggested on Saturday that John Bolton was targeted over his vocal criticisms of President Donald Trump after the FBI raided the former national security adviser’s Maryland home just ahead of the weekend.
No evidence suggests Trump ordered the FBI raid of John Bolton’s home and office. Significant evidence shows that Trump was angry about Bolton’s criticisms.
Sources familiar with the matter told ABC News that the search, carried out by the FBI, was related to allegations that Bolton is in possession of classified records.
The Wall Street Journal isn’t mincing words in its criticism of President Trump, even as it faces a lawsuit filed by the president over its reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. In its latest op-ed,
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