US EditionVance says Bolton FBI raid was not retribution
Vice President JD Vance confirmed an early FBI probe into John Bolton's handling of classified documents after a raid on his Maryland home and D.C. office, focusing on potential leaks.
- Vice President JD Vance told NBC News' 'Meet the Press' on Friday, `We’re in the very early stages of an ongoing investigation into John Bolton. I will say we’re going to let that investigation proceed,` and denied the probe was retribution.
- A search began around 7 a.m. on Friday at Bolton's Maryland home and Washington, D.C. office, focusing on classified document storage and potential leaks based on C.I.A. intelligence.
- Legal and political experts criticized Vice President JD Vance after he commented on the FBI's seven-hour raid Friday, while Juliette Kayyem questioned who 'we' refers to and DOJ independence.
- In his remarks Friday, Vice President JD Vance said investigators should be allowed to proceed and warned prosecutions could follow if Ambassador John Bolton committed a crime, but he declined to discuss charging decisions while confirming the case centers on storage of classified documents.
- Critics say the raid appears retributive because President Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric embraced revenge, and John Bolton warned in a new edition that `Trump really only cares about retribution`.
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'Looks A Lot Like Retribution': JD Vance Struggles To Defend John Bolton Raid
NBC host Kristen Welker confronted Vice President J.D. Vance after President Donald Trump's Justice Department raided the home of former National Security Advisor John Bolton. "What I can tell you is that, unlike the Biden DOJ and the Biden FBI, our law enforcement agencies are going to be driven by law and not by politics. And so if we think that Ambassador Bolton has committed a crime, of course, eventually prosecutions will come," Vance told…
UPDATE: JD Vance Reveals John Bolton Investigation Is Only Partially About Classified Documents * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Noah
HEADS UP FOLKS! JD Vance just low-key revealed a huge bombshell and almost no one is picking up on it… In an interview with the atrocious Kristen Welker, Vance revealed midway through the interview that the investigation is only partially about classified documents, implying that it’s much bigger than just having a few documents in his house. He then added the Trump Administration is very concerned about John Bolton. Bolton is toast! If I were …
Jim Jordan: 'This Is Not Political Retribution — This Is Accountability'
Friday on FNC's "Hannity," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the House Judiciary Committee chairman, discussed the FBI raid of former National Security Advisor John Bolton earlier in the day. The post Jim Jordan: ‘This Is Not Political Retribution — This Is Accountability’ appeared first on Breitbart.
‘We?’ MSNBC Panel Questions Why JD Vance Seems Like ‘Part of the Team’ on Bolton Raid
Ali Velshi and his guests on Saturday questioned why Vice President J.D. Vance sounded so involved with the FBI’s unorthodox raid on the home of former national security advisor John Bolton. Velshi played a portion of Vance’s interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker, who asked, “What’s at the root of this? Is this about classified documents?” “Well, I’ll let the FBI speak to that,” Vance began. “Classified documents are certainly part of it, but…
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