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REPORT: John Bolton to Be CHARGED as Soon as Next Week


The day of reckoning is here…

First, James Comey was indicted, then it was Big ‘Tish.

And now, it’s possible that we could see another big indictment in the coming days.

It’s being reported that Former National Security Adviser John Bolton will be charged very soon, possibly next week.

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Of course, news of these impending charges comes after Bolton’s home in Maryland and his D.C. office were raided by the FBI back in August.

NBC News provided more background:

The FBI conducted searches of Bolton’s Maryland home and his Washington, D.C., office in August. A source familiar with the matter told NBC News at the time that the searches were part of a “national security investigation in search of classified records.”

Bolton’s lawyer Abbe Lowell said in a statement that the former adviser and diplomat had handled records appropriately.

“An objective and thorough review will show nothing inappropriate was stored or kept by Amb. Bolton. These materials, many of which are documents that had been approved as part of a pre-publication review for Amb. Bolton’s book, were reviewed and closed years ago,” Lowell said. “These are the kinds of ordinary records, many of which are 20 years old or more, that would be kept by a longtime career official who served at the State Department, as an Assistant Attorney General, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and the National Security Advisor.”

A spokesman for the Department of Justice declined to discuss matters related to a grand jury.

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“As a matter of law, we will not discuss any grand jury matters with the media, but this Justice Department is united as one team in our mission to make America safe again,” the spokesman said. “And the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, along with the entire team at Main Justice continue to empower our US Attorneys to pursue justice in every case.”

A grand jury has already been convened for several weeks over claimed that Bolton illegally kept classified documents at his home.

But, it looks like prosecutors are moving to speed things along.

MSNBC has more:

The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, according to two people familiar with the case.

A complaint or an indictment could come as early as next week, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters without authorization.

A grand jury in Maryland has been hearing evidence for several weeks related to claims that Bolton improperly kept classified national security information in his Maryland home. But the pace of the case has recently sped up, the two people said.

If Bolton is criminally charged as attorneys in the Maryland office expect, he would be the third of Trump’s perceived enemies to face federal prosecution under Trump’s Department of Justice in a matter of a few weeks. Bolton, whom Trump fired from his first administration, has been a vocal critic of the president. His lawyer has said he did nothing improper.

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Unlike the widespread resistance career prosecutors in Virginia have shown to Trump’s pressure campaign to charge former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, career prosecutors in Maryland consider charges against Bolton to have some factual merit, the people said.

Kelly Hayes, the acting U.S. Attorney for Maryland, has told Justice Department colleagues she believes there is a reasonable basis to pursue charges against Bolton, the people said.

What do you think?

Do you support prosecuting John Bolton?



 

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