Trump reportedly pointed finger at John Bolton before FBI raid as conservative media sounds alarm [View all]
Source: msn/The Independent
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Weeks before the FBI raided John Bolton’s house, President Donald Trump made clear that his former national security adviser was a target of his second term.
Law enforcement agents raided Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland and his Washington, D.C. office on Friday as part of an investigation related to classified documents, Vice President JD Vance confirmed. Bolton served as Trump’s national security adviser from 2018 to 2019 but has since become a vocal critic of the president.
On Friday, Trump said he wasn’t aware of the raids until after they happened. “I saw it on television this morning,” he said. The president added he “wasn’t a fan” of Bolton. “My house was raided also,” Trump told reporters, referring to the FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago compound in 2022. “So I know the feeling. It’s not a good feeling.”
But sources close to Trump told The Washington Post that the president was irked by Bolton’s critical comments ahead of his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The president also publicly took issue with Bolton’s remarks, calling him “really dumb” in a Truth Social post on August 13 — raising questions over the timing of the raid, which occurred just nine days after the social media post.
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