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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.

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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.

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.