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John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland, according to two sources.

Bolton is expected to surrender himself, as soon as Friday, to authorities at federal court in Greenbelt.

Bolton, who has been under investigation for alleged unlawful handling of classified information, becomes the third high-profile Trump political enemy to be indicted in less than a month.

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[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How about those bathroom document? At one point, Trump was NOT president, so...

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure they investigated themselves and found no wrong doing

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, we investigated them, found wrong doing, and then handed them the country.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"What do you think your punishment should be?"

"Well, you could give me community service, maybe put me in charge of everything, that'll show me"

[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Susan Collins nodding in agreement.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

"I had a talk with myself and decided I'm okay with it" -some teen movie I saw but I don't remember which one I think it may have been the Disney movie Prom

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Not a fan of Bolton, who was a major proponent of the Iraq war, and who also was Trump's National Security Advisor during his first administration. While it's not surprising to see the narcissist he helped enable turn on him, it is deeply disturbing to see the mechanisms of the state so clearly being used to exact revenge on enemies. Neither him nor Comey deserve their political prosecutions, but perhaps if they had directed their efforts to keeping Trump out of power in the first instance they may not be experiencing this now.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago

When is Trump going to prison for stealing classified documents?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago

I mean fuck this guy forever, but for what? Fucking joke.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Dude never thought his face would get eaten.

[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Ah yes, unlawful handling of classified information:
He hid highly classified documents in the bathroom of his golf resort...