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President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, noted that the FBI raid on John Bolton's Maryland home is all part of the "revenge" and "retribution" campaign that was promised during the 2024 election. Bolton served as Trump's national security advisor and an ambassador.

Writing on his Substack and speaking to MSNBC on Friday, Cohen explained that Trump's enemies list is now the court docket. He urged all of those past Trump critics to "lawyer up," because the revenge campaign is coming for them.

As developments continue to break regarding the early Friday raid on the home of former White House Security Advisor John Bolton, one Newsmax host made an observation that suggests President Donald Trump may have known more about the operation than he’s admitted to.

Bolton’s home was raided Friday in connection to an investigation over mishandling of classified documents, according to the Associated Press. Shortly after news of the raid broke, Trump told reporters he had no advanced knowledge of the operation, and that he only learned of the raid through watching cable news.

President Donald Trump visited the "White House Experience" museum on Friday morning while the FBI raided the home of his foe John Bolton. Speaking to the press, Trump answered questions on a variety of issues, including his ongoing fight to establish a ceasefire or ultimately end the war in Ukraine.

Trump bragged that he has solved "seven wars," an increase of one war since his claim last week.

President Donald Trump lashed out at his former security adviser John Bolton Friday morning following the raid on the former Trump White House official's home, calling him a “low life,” while also claiming to have not been briefed on the operation.

“I don't know about it, I saw it on television this morning,” Trump said during an appearance at a museum in Washington, D.C., responding to a reporter who asked if he’d been briefed on the raid. “I'm not a fan of John Bolton, he's a real sort of a low life.”

The decision by FBI Director Kash Patel to order the raid on the home of one of Donald Trump’s most prominent critics was purportedly intended as a “message” with the president escalating the “retribution” he promised during his 2024 presidential run.

According to CNN legal analyst Joey Jackson, that Patel would go after former Trump advisor John Bolton should alarm anyone watching what the Department of Justice is willing to do in service to the current president.

Just after 7Am ET, FBI agents, with the support of Montgomery County Police, served a warrant at Bolton’s home, reportedly on national security grounds, which then took center stage on a day when the House is reconvening and Trump’s relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was about to start dominating the news cycle again.

Speaking with CNN hosts John Berman and Kate Bolduan, Jackson suggested that Trump was behind the raid and that it will be used as an example of what happens when you criticize the president.

“Best case scenario, this is the DOJ, Department of Justice, doing their job,” he began. “We have, as the United States, a responsibility to protect national security information, to ensure that everyone follows the rules.”

“Well, it used to be that way,” he quickly added. “But in any event, and in the event that that's the case, there's a place for the FBI, there's a place for a grand jury, and they should do an investigation –– that's best case, John.”

“Worst case scenario, this is political retribution, and I'm going –– if I'm his attorney in front of the cameras –– I'm going to say so. Everybody who criticizes the president, because you do it publicly, he's going to tweet about it, and then you're going to get your house raided. What does that say to everybody else? If you speak against me, I'm coming to your home. If you speak against me, you may end up in jail. If you speak against me, you're going to incur millions of dollars in legal fees, so keep your mouth shut.”

"If you're a university and you teach things I don't like, I'm going to take your funding,” he added before pointing out, “This is worst case scenario, bizarro world that we're entering into and it's very concerning from a legal perspective and practical.”

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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) accused President Donald Trump of "weaponizing" the Department of Justice against his enemies as a distraction from his own scandal.

FBI agents raided the home of former national security adviser John Bolton, who's become a Trump nemesis since his 2019 firing, and the Illinois Democrat told "CNN News Central" that he believes the president was tormenting him as retribution for his criticism and to turn attention away from his long-standing links for the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Christina Bobb, former attorney for President Donald Trump who was indicted for her involvement with Trump’s 2020 fake electors plot, said that she believed the Friday morning raid on John Bolton’s home was “certainly part of a larger conspiracy” to overthrow the president, contrary to reporting that it was related to classified documents.

Bolton, who served as Trump’s national security advisor during his first term, saw his home descended upon early Friday by the FBI, with limited reporting on the raid suggesting it was part of an investigation into the mishandling of classified documents, documents that, as a former top official at the White House, he would have had regular access to.

One of President Donald Trump's allies speculated about the origins of the FBI raid on former national security adviser John Bolton.

The former Trump appointee has been highly critical of the president since he was fired by tweet in September 2019, at the beginning of the first impeachment saga, and former Trump campaign adviser David Urban told "CNN News Central" that the raid likely stems from Bolton's book detailing Trump's diplomatic bungling.

The stunning early morning raid by the FBI on former Donald Trump national security advisor John Bolton’s home on Friday left the MSNBC “Morning Joe” panel almost speechless.

Approximately 45 minutes after Montgomery County Police blocked off the road to Bolton’s home and stated they were there in support of the FBI, MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire broke from regular programming to announce the move reportedly ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel.

Reacting to an appearance on Newsmax by Donald Trump’s choice to oversee the overhaul of Smithsonian Museum exhibits, programming and artwork that the administration finds objectionable, MSNBC analyst Eugene Robinson pushed back on Friday morning.

During her interview on Newsmax, Lindsey Halligan, a special assistant to the president, attempted to explain reports that the portrayal of slavery in the nation’s museums needs to be toned down.