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'Distraction': Lawmaker questions major FBI move on same day as GOP's Epstein release

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.

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'Something bigger': Trump attorney says FBI raid is over 'conspiracy to overthrow Trump'

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.

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'Dementia alert': Trump's bizarre 'grass' rant raises alarm

The internet piled on President Donald Trump’s suggestion to fill the nation’s parks with golf carts and Bermuda grass.

The aging president wandered into unexpected territory on Thursday while meeting with police and military personnel at his war-on-crime display in Washington , D.C.

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'A sure tell': MAGA's new 'screeching hissy-fit' said to reveal its 'Kryptonite'

MAGA influencers are "losing their damn minds" as Gavin Newsom takes on Donald Trump using the president's own tactics, according to conservative strategist Rick Wilson.

Wilson, a conservative anti-Trump activist who co-founded the Lincoln Project and hosts the group's podcast, wrote on Friday about the California Democrat who is taking Trump on.

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'100 percent about that': Trump ally blames book 'kerfuffle' for FBI raid on critic's home

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.

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'How does it feel?' Trump ally with criminal past taunts ex-official being raided by FBI

The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, on Friday morning in connection with an investigation into the mishandling of classified documents – and one Trump ally who underwent a similar raid is now gleefully rubbing it in.

“Good morning, John Bolton,” wrote Roger Stone, Trump’s longest serving political advisor, on X Friday. "How does it feel to have your home rated at 6 o'clock in the morning?”

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'Not the last': MSNBC panel stunned by 'chilling' FBI raid of Trump official-turned-critic

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.

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Ex-Trump official John Bolton criticizes president while FBI raids his home

John Bolton tweeted out criticism of President Donald Trump's handling of the Russia-Ukraine war as FBI agents raided his home.

Federal investigators executed a court-approved search warrant at the former national security adviser's Maryland home on Friday morning as part of a probe into his handling of classified materials, but Trump has been threatening to jail his former appointee since publishing a highly critical book on him five years ago.

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California GOP in 'survival mode' as Trump's immigration crackdown is 'backfiring': report

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is now “backfiring” on California Republicans, according to new polling data that one political science expert said has put California GOP members in "survival mode.”

Conducted and reported on by Politico, the new polling shows that around 80% of California voters – including a majority of Republicans – indicated that they believed undocumented immigrants already in the United States should have a pathway to remain in the country.

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'We all should be scared as hell': Red flag raised over Trump ally who terrifies even MAGA

Right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer exerts a powerful influence over President Donald Trump, but a Democratic strategist warned that the MAGA enemies she has cultivated should signal just how extreme and dangerous she is to democracy.

The social media influencer has gotten the president to fire multiple federal employees for supposed disloyalty and readily agreed to comparisons of herself to disgraced senator Joseph McCarthy, who conducted the "Red Scare" purges of alleged communists in the 1950s, and Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright told "CNN This Morning" that her associations were alarming.

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FBI descends on ex-Trump official John Bolton's home in early morning raid: report

Former Donald Trump advisor John Bolton is the subject of an early morning raid being conducted by the FBI, The Bulwark is reporting.

Bolstered by live video being streamed by Lawfare’s Ben Wittes which shows the street being blocked off by Montgomery County police, the Bulwark’s Jonathan Last is reporting, “Montgomery County police confirmed that they were on site in support of the FBI.”

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'Obscene': MSNBC analyst snaps back at Trump official's museum plan to whitewash history

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.

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'Present danger': Right-wing economists sound alarm over Trump move to 'blow up' economy

Economists expressed alarm at President Donald Trump's moves to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The U.S. economy has long enjoyed a reputation as the safest place in the world to invest or build a business, which has given the country a nearly incalculable advantage, but economists compared Trump's efforts to stack the central bank with loyalists to cancer – but arguably worse, reported the New York Times.

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