In the first reaction to his indictment, John Bolton says:
"For four decades, I have devoted my life to America’s foreign policy and national security. I would never compromise those goals. I tried to do that during my tenure in the first Trump Administration but resigned when it became impossible to do so. Donald Trump’s retribution against me began then, continued when he tried unsuccessfully to block the publication of my book, The Room Where It Happened, before the 2020 election, and became one of his rallying cries in his re-election campaign.
Now, I have become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those he deems to be his enemies with charges that were declined before or distort the facts.
My book was reviewed and approved by the appropriate, experienced career clearance officials. When my e-mail was hacked in 2021, the FBI was made fully aware. In four years of the prior administration, after these reviews, no charges were ever filed. Then came Trump 2 who embodies what Joseph Stalin’s head of secret police once said, 'You show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.'
These charges are not just about his focus on me or my diaries, but his intensive effort to intimidate his opponents, to ensure that he alone determines what is said about his conduct. Dissent and disagreement are foundational to America’s constitutional system, and vitally important to our freedom. I look forward to the fight to defend my lawful conduct and to expose his abuse of power."
Loved your important article on our governments classified documents and how they're handled, or not handled. Very enlightening. I especially loved the document photos at Mar-a-Lago, hypocrisy at the highest level!!
Was it the Eastern District of Virginia again? I likely missed that in your fine essay. What worries me for John Bolton is that, to uncover so many documents would have required an investigation that started before the poofillaniomus Metamucilini came back into office.
Why is it a crime for Bolton but not a crime for Trump? Surely the outcome of this indictment would prove to support that Trump himself should be charged with the very same offence.
In the first reaction to his indictment, John Bolton says:
"For four decades, I have devoted my life to America’s foreign policy and national security. I would never compromise those goals. I tried to do that during my tenure in the first Trump Administration but resigned when it became impossible to do so. Donald Trump’s retribution against me began then, continued when he tried unsuccessfully to block the publication of my book, The Room Where It Happened, before the 2020 election, and became one of his rallying cries in his re-election campaign.
Now, I have become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those he deems to be his enemies with charges that were declined before or distort the facts.
My book was reviewed and approved by the appropriate, experienced career clearance officials. When my e-mail was hacked in 2021, the FBI was made fully aware. In four years of the prior administration, after these reviews, no charges were ever filed. Then came Trump 2 who embodies what Joseph Stalin’s head of secret police once said, 'You show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.'
These charges are not just about his focus on me or my diaries, but his intensive effort to intimidate his opponents, to ensure that he alone determines what is said about his conduct. Dissent and disagreement are foundational to America’s constitutional system, and vitally important to our freedom. I look forward to the fight to defend my lawful conduct and to expose his abuse of power."
Hey Mitch,
Loved your important article on our governments classified documents and how they're handled, or not handled. Very enlightening. I especially loved the document photos at Mar-a-Lago, hypocrisy at the highest level!!
😊♥️🐾🌿🌏 . Judy Chupasko
Big time hypocrisy, and thanks Judith. Probably both Trump and Bolton committed crimes. But only one person will suffer the consequences.
I was not fond of Mr Bolton ten or twenty years *ago but *I never have suspected this misbehavior. l wonder *whether this is a set-up.
Same here. Let’s see where the facts take us.
Was it the Eastern District of Virginia again? I likely missed that in your fine essay. What worries me for John Bolton is that, to uncover so many documents would have required an investigation that started before the poofillaniomus Metamucilini came back into office.
Why is it a crime for Bolton but not a crime for Trump? Surely the outcome of this indictment would prove to support that Trump himself should be charged with the very same offence.
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I loved them Mitch. Very creative!