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BREAKING: John Bolton Indicted — Faces DECADES In Jail! | JP

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Here it is, folks.

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton has just been indicted by a federal grand jury!

He’s facing 18 federal charges of mishandling classified information.

Of course, the indictment comes after a raid on Bolton’s home turned up classified documents.

AP reported:

The investigation into Bolton, who served for more than a year in President Donald Trump’s first administration before being fired in 2019, burst into public view in August when the FBI searched his home in Maryland and his office in Washington for classified records he may have held onto from his years in government.

The 18-count indictment sets the stage for a closely watched court case centering on a longtime fixture in Republican foreign policy circles who became known for his hawkish views on American power and who after leaving Trump’s first government emerged as a prominent and vocal critic of the president. Though the investigation that produced the indictment was underway during the Biden administration and began well before Trump’s second term, the case will unfold against the backdrop of broader concerns that his Justice Department is being weaponized to go after his political adversaries.

Agents during the August search seized multiple documents labeled “classified,” “confidential” and “secret” from Bolton’s office, according to previously unsealed court filings. Some of the seized records appeared to concern weapons of mass destruction, national “strategic communication” and the U.S. mission to the United Nations, the filings stated.

It follows separate indictments over the last month accusing former FBI Director James Comey of lying to Congress and New York Attorney General Letitia James of committing bank fraud and making a false statement, charges they both deny. Both of those cases were filed in federal court in Virginia by a prosecutor Trump hastily installed in the position after growing frustrated that investigations into high-profile enemies had not resulted in prosecution.

The Bolton case, by contrast, was filed in Maryland by a U.S. attorney who before being elevated to the job had been a career prosecutor in the office.

Questions about Bolton’s handling of classified information date back years. He faced a lawsuit and a Justice Department investigation after leaving office related to information in a 2020 book he published, “The Room Where it Happened,” that portrayed Trump as grossly uninformed about foreign policy.

If convicted, Bolton could be going away for a long time…

He is looking at up to 10 years in prison for each count.

Per the New York Post:

The indictment in Greenbelt, Md. federal court alleges that Bolton sent sensitive national security documents through a personal AOL email account and knowingly transmitted materials to outside contacts while serving in the first Trump administration.

Bolton, 76, served as President Trump’s national security adviser from April 2018 until his firing in September 2019. Upon leaving office, he pledged he did not have any classified documents or notes in his possession.

However, those communications — some of which stayed on his AOL account — were exposed to bad actors when a foreign entity hacked Bolton’s email, according to a probable cause warrant unsealed last month.

Bolton faces up to 10 years in prison on each count of the indictment.

Bolton is expected to turn himself in as soon as tomorrow:

 

Even CNN can’t hide from the truth on this one:

President Trump responded to the breaking news during a live press conference:





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