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'Hypocrisy': Experts tie John Bolton FBI raid to Trump's own classified documents charge

President Donald Trump's former national security advisor, John Bolton, was raided on Friday morning by the FBI for something involving a "national security matter," NBC News reported. The implication for experts observing the story unfold is that the FBI is likely searching for classified documents. It prompted lawyers, national security experts and journalists to question when Trump began caring about such documents.

The FBI raided Trump's country club home in Feb. 2022, after it was revealed he had a number of classified documents and must comply with the Presidential Records Act. There were repeated requests of Trump to return the documents, which were ignored for over a year, ABC reported at the time. In fact, security videos showed Trump's staff frequently moving the boxes of documents around the compound, the aide told CNN.

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'The game isn't over yet': Ex-prosecutor finds 'something unusual' in Trump fraud ruling

According to a former prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, the 323-page ruling that appears to have taken Donald Trump off the hook for having to pay almost a half-billion dollars for business fraud is less than meets the eye when it comes to a final resolution.

In a column for MSNBC on Friday, attorney Jordan Rubin started off by stating that the sheer volume of pages that make up the filing is an indication that it contains something “unusual.”

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Trump biographer says president 'threw a fit' when White House staffers changed his sheets

President Donald Trump has some unusual bedtime habits and threw a baffling "fit" when White House staffers messed with his bedding, according to his former biographer.

Author Michael Wolff sat down with Daily Beast’s "Inside Trump’s Head" podcast and revealed the president installed a lock on his bedroom door at the White House, much to the anger of Secret Service agents tasked with protecting him.

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'Not a coincidence': Ex-Tea Party lawmaker says he was punished over Trump pedo allegation

A former Tea Party Republican lawmaker who recently became a Democrat claims he was banned from TikTok for claiming Donald Trump is likely a pedophile.

Ex-GOP representative Joe Walsh, a frequent critic of Trump coming from the conservative side of the Republican party, published a Substack piece on Friday in which he repeated some allegations he has made about Trump.

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Secret origins of FBI raid against Trump critic alleged by Pizzagate conspiracy theorist

According to the conservative news outlet Human Events, the raid on former White House Security Advisor John Bolton Friday morning was kicked off by a key Trump administration official after having shared U.S. intelligence with the FBI.

Bolton’s house was raided Friday in what the Associated Press reported involved an investigation into mishandling of classified documents, with some analysts suggesting the investigation may have stemmed from information Bolton shared in his 2020 memoir.

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'Trump will make sure they find something': President's ex-lawyer says FBI raid is fixed

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.

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'Notice his hat?' Newsmax host singles out telling Trump detail amid John Bolton raid

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.

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'I regret it': Key Texas voting bloc reportedly 'souring' on Trump over redistricting

Efforts by Republican lawmakers to alter congressional districts to bolster the party’s hopes of retaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives may not deliver the payoff they are hoping for.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, with the Texas Senate set to approve a new map that could lead to a pick-up of five seats in Congress, there is a growing sense of discontent within the surprising portion of Texas Hispanics who voted for the president in 2024.

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'You cannot ignore this, America': Experts warn citizens about Trump admin's latest move

Social media users reacted to the early morning FBI raid on former national security adviser John Bolton's home.

Federal agents searched the Bethesda, Maryland, home of the prominent critic of President Donald Trump around 7 a.m., while Bolton was away, as part of a probe into his handling of classified materials and possible leaks of those documents to the news media, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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MAGA senator jeered as he rattles out fuzzy math to sell Trump bill

Ohio voters gave Republican U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno a harsh welcome Wednesday during an appearance at The City Club of Cleveland. Unruffled, Moreno defended Republican policy and painted the Trump administration in glowing terms.

“He should, and probably will, end up getting the Nobel Peace Prize,” Moreno said of the president.

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'Devastated' residents hit back as Trump orders LGBTQ shooting tribute erased

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, following a directive from US President Donald Trump's administration, painted over a rainbow crosswalk in Orlando that for years had served as a memorial to the victims of the 2016 massacre at Pulse, a local LGBTQ+ nightclub.

As reported by local news station WESH, the removal of the rainbow display came in response to a directive from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who sent a notice to governors last month that crosswalks should be free of potential distractions for drivers such as political messages.

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Kash Patel's office 'seems to have tipped off NY Post' to John Bolton FBI raid: reporter

FBI agents appeared outside the home of John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security advisor during his first term, carrying out a search warrant. However, one reporter thinks FBI Director Kash Patel bragged about it ahead of time and said that he or someone in his office tipped off conservative media.

Taking to X Friday morning during the raid, Mother Jones reporter Dan Friedman, who covers lobbying and corruption, linked to a post on X from Patel reading, "NO ONE is above the law… @FBI agents on mission."

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'Most difficult': Trump confesses his campaign promise about war is harder than he thought

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.

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