Feds Storm John Bolton’s Home and Office in Classified Docs Crackdown

The feds just turned John Bolton's world upside down. Early this morning, FBI agents kicked in the door, figuratively, I assume, at Bolton's Bethesda, Maryland, home and his D.C. office, tearing through both in a hunt for classified documents. Yes, you heard that right: the guy who spent years preaching about national security is now in the crosshairs of a federal probe. Sources say agents are convinced Bolton’s still got sensitive docs stashed somewhere, and they're not playing games.

Fox News Digital caught agents hauling boxes out of Bolton's D.C. office, with the man himself spotted in the lobby looking like he just swallowed a lemon. "NO ONE is above the law…
@FBI agents on mission," tweeted FBI Director Kash Patel, dropping a not-so-subtle hint about the raid without naming names. 

Deputy Director Dan Bongino piled on, retweeting Patel and adding, "Public corruption will not be tolerated." Attorney General Pam Bondi didn't hold back either, warning, "America’s safety isn’t negotiable. Justice will be pursued. Always." 

Sounds like the Trump-era crew is out for blood.

This entire situation stems from intel provided by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, who gave Patel just enough juice to justify the search warrant. One source, dripping with sarcasm, told the outlet, "I can't give you any more details than that, but let's just say that John Bolton really had some nerve to attack Trump over his handling of classified information."

Now, let's rewind. 

Bolton, Trump's National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019, has been a thorn in the side of just about everyone. His 2020 memoir, 'The Room Where It Happened', caused a firestorm when the Trump DOJ tried to block it, claiming it was packed with classified info, think U.S. intelligence sources, foreign policy pow-wows, and chats with world leaders. A federal judge let the book hit shelves anyway, and the Biden DOJ later dropped both a criminal probe and a civil suit against Bolton in 2021, calling it quits after a senior NSC official supposedly cleared the book of any classified material. Bolton's lawyer at the time swore up and down that the memoir was clean after a four-month review. 

But there's more. The probe into Bolton's handling of classified docs was apparently shelved by Biden's team "for political reasons" according to a senior U.S. official. Now, with Trump back in the game, it's open season again. And let's not forget the irony: Bolton had the gall to slam Trump over his classified docs mess, which led to the 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid and a 40-count indictment (later tossed in July 2024). Pot, meet kettle.

Bolton, of course, is no stranger to the spotlight. The hawkish ex-advisor, who served as U.N. ambassador under George W. Bush, has been both a Trump cheerleader and critic. He called Trump’s 2022 strike on Iran's nuclear facilities "a decisive action" and "the right thing to do," predicting "huge change in the Middle East." 

But he also trashed Trump's competence and character, saying in 2022 that the guy didn't have what it takes to sit in the Oval Office. Trump, never one to stay quiet, fired back, booting Bolton in 2019 over "strong" policy disagreements and later yanking his Secret Service detail amid Iranian death threats. Savage.

When Fox News Digital called Bolton's office for comment, a staffer chirped, "Have a nice day," and slammed the phone down. Meanwhile, agents were spotted loading bags and boxes into vehicles outside both Bolton's home and office, with one image showing an FBI agent lugging a box like it's evidence Christmas.

So, what's the deal? Is Bolton hoarding state secrets, or is this just political payback? One thing's for sure: when the feds come knocking at 7 a.m., it's going to be a bad day. 

Meanwhile, the Clintons have gone scot free.

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Now we know which Dem. faces DOJ criminal probe

The Department of Justice is investigating a member of the so called Squad, a leftist group of Democrats who call to "Defund the Police," and for Israel to stop shooting back at Hamas, and other such nonsense.

 The person being investigated is Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), according to a report on Tuesday.

Sources, who didn't want to be named in fear of being canceled or worse, told Punchbowl News that a subpoena for records that was announced in the House on Monday, was connected to a criminal probe into Bush, specifically regarding issues related to her Member Representation Allowance (MRA).

House Sergeant at Arms William McFarland said in a message conveyed by the reading clerk that he consulted with the Office of General Counsel and determined that compliance was “consistent with the rights and privileges of the House.”

Punchbowl News reporter, Max Cohen, posted on X that he asked Bush "directly" about the investigation but "[S]he repeatedly declined to comment and reprimanded me for approaching her as she had a toothache." 

Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, declined to comment on the DOJ probe news on Tuesday, saying “that’s something for the Justice Department.” 

Fox News had reported that Bush has spent over $750,000 on private security since being elected to office. The congresswoman has previously said she was doling out money for protection because of attempts on her life and added that she had a toothache and needed to be left alone.

In addition to the federal spending, Cori Bush's congressional campaign committee has also spent over three quarters of a million dollars on security since 2020, far and away the campaign's biggest expense category. https://t.co/GylrJyLvnJ pic.twitter.com/mdyRygRUPK

— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) January 30, 2024

Conservative watchdog groups have raised concerns about tens of thousands of campaign dollars in payments to Courtney Merrits, whom Bush married nearly a year ago after hiring him as a security guard, though the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended last year that a complaint be dismissed, but it really sounds like a Fani Willis move on Bush's part, if you follow my drift.

Bush issued a statement to the New York Post at the time that said right-wing groups “want me to expend energy and financial resources to defend myself against these distractions. But their grift won’t work.”

Attacking your accusers is right out of "Rules for Radicals" handbook by Saul Alinsky: RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)

And Cori Bush is definitely an Alinsky fan.


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Jake Sullivan involved in former Clinton shyster lawyer indictment

Jake "the Fake" Sullivan, Biden's  White House national security adviser, is the "foreign policy advisor" referred to in the John Durham Special Counsel indictment  of Michael Sussmann, the presidential lawyer for Hillary Clinton's campaign. Sussmann was indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI on Sept. 16 regarding his connection to the Clinton campaign. 

He has pleaded not guilty.

The Durham probe continues to shine a light on the Hillary campaign and is moving deeper into the Biden White House. Thus far, this is the closest Special Counsel John Durham's investigation  has come into the origins of the Russia investigation to anyone directly associated with the Biden-Harris White House.

The indictment alleges Sussmann told then-FBI General Counsel James Baker he was not doing work "for any client" when he requested and held a September 2016 meeting in which he provided evidence of a purported secret communications channel between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russia.

In fact, Sussmann even billed the Clinton campaign for the meeting, according to Durham’s indictment. Subsequently, the FBI found the story of the alleged link between Trump's presidential campaign and the Russian bank to be complete balderdash.

And the legacy media doing yeoman's work for the Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party, either never checked their reporting or were lying through their capped teeth.

The indictment paints a picture where an unnamed Clinton campaign lawyer "exchanged emails with the Clinton Campaign’s campaign manager, communications director, and foreign policy advisor [Jake Sullivan] concerning the Russian Bank-1 allegations that Sussmann had recently shared," with an unnamed reporter, most likely from either CNN OR MSNBC. 

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There is no indication that Sullivan is a target of Durham’s investigation, only that he received information from Sussmann. But if it turns out that he is a target, this will not bode well for Joe Biden's next term, if someone decides for him that he should run.

Additionally, the Durham indictment alleges that Sussmann was working on behalf of a tech industry executive, an American internet company and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Prosecutors say Sussmann's "lie" is important because it "misled the FBI General Counsel and other FBI personnel concerning the political nature of his work."

Another grand jury indictment was returned on Nov. 4 for Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who is accused of being the primary sub-source in the creative work of political theater known as the Steele Dossier. He is charged with five counts of making false statements to the FBI and his next court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday.

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Clinton campaign shyster lawyer Mike Sussmann indicted for allegedly lying to FBI in Russian investigation

It looks as if a Clinton campaign lawyer, Michael Sussmann allegedly lied to the FBI during the Russia investigation, which turned out to be a Democrat false propaganda attempt to attack former President Donald Trump.

The indictment accuses Sussmann, a Hillary Clinton operative, of hiding the fact that he was working for her failed campaign while pushing for an investigation into then-candidate Trump's ties to Russia in 2016. We know how that investigation turned out.

President Trump appointed John Durham to investigate the origins of the Russia probe, with this indictment of Sussmann coming just weeks before the five-year statute of limitations was set to expire. [FUN FACT: Biden, whose Indian name is 'The Hamster is Dead," calls it the "Statue of Limitations,"]

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Sussmann's firm had previously represented the Democratic National Committee. According to the record, the shyster lawyer told the FBI's James Baker in September, 2019 that he was not representing a client when pushing for an investigation into Trump. Had he left out the word "not," there would not be a problem for him; but he lied. Allegedly.

Sussmann denied any wrongdoing, while withholding the fact that he was working on behalf of former failed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's failed and poorly run presidential campaign.

Lawyers for Sussmann say that he "has committed no crime" and that prosecuting him "would be baseless, unprecedented and an unwarranted deviation from the apolitical and principled way in which the Department of Justice is supposed to do its work." 

After all, he's no General Mike Flynn.

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