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chairman Donald Trump’s Former National Security Advisor john bolton is reportedly set to plead guilty to criminal charges, according to a new report citing sources close to the case.
msnbc report The arraignment against John Bolton could come as early as next week.
Two people close to the situation, speaking anonymously to the broadcaster, said a grand jury is coming maryland We have been hearing evidence for several weeks regarding Bolton’s claims of keeping classified national security information at his home.
The pace of the case against Bolton has recently accelerated, sources said.
Bolton’s potential impeachment would make him the third Trump’s enemies Will face criminal charges in a few weeks. both former FBI directors James Comey And New York Attorney General Letitia James Has also been convicted on criminal charges.
Trump fired Bolton during his first administration and Bolton has since been a vocal critic of Trump’s leadership.
Sources told MSNBC that prosecutors in Virginia and New York are hesitant to bring cases against Comey and James, respectively, but prosecutors in Maryland reportedly believe the charges being brought against Bolton may actually be based on facts.
Kelly Hayes, the acting U.S. Attorney for Maryland, has told her colleagues that she believes there is enough evidence to justify charging Bolton, sources reportedly said.
Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, was raided by the FBI on August 22. Agents were executing a search warrant at his home in an attempt to locate classified records. According to MSNBC, the warrant was reportedly provided by the CIA and approved by a federal judge.
FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated the raid on social media at the time.
“No one is above the law…@FBI agents are on a mission,” Patel said. written on x,
Bolton’s lawyer Abbey Lovell has said that his client is innocent of all charges against him. He has repeatedly said that all the classified documents in Bolton’s possession were from the George W. Bush administration – during which he served as US Ambassador to the United Nations – and said those documents were typical of those that would be held by a long-time government employee.
“An objective and thorough review will show that nothing inappropriate was collected or retained by Ambassador Bolton,” Lovell said in September.
A heavily redacted version of the probable cause affidavit used by the FBI to justify the raid on Bolton’s home was unsealed in September.
The page titled “Bolton’s AOL account hacked by foreign entity” has been completely blacked out, but sources who spoke to MSNBC claimed to have knowledge of its contents.
According to insiders, Page described how the US government obtained Bolton’s AOL emails during an intelligence collection operation directed at a foreign government. The specific government is not named or provided by the sources.
The discovery of Bolton’s emails in the hands of a foreign government has reportedly sparked an investigation into whether the former ambassador misused classified information.
indictment against comey And James — and soon, reportedly, Bolton — have stepped down just weeks after Trump posted what appeared to be a private message Called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to expedite the prosecution of his political enemies. Senior Republicans were surprised by the message and believed it was intended to be private.
“Comey, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, what about Letitia???” Trump wrote in the post. “They are all very guilty, but nothing will be done.”
Trump continued, “We cannot delay any longer, it is destroying our reputation and credibility,” and concluded, “They impeached me twice, and convicted me (5 times!) for nothing. Justice must be served now!!!”
Trump later deleted the message and his staff behaved the entire time as if it were for public view.
according to a wall street journal report Citing unknown sources, Trump was surprised to know this She posted the message on her Truth social account, then said “oops” and ignored the mistake.
Two of the three men mentioned – Comey and James – have been convicted. It is unclear when or if impeachment will come for Senator Adam Schiff.
Both Comey and James have investigated Trump in the past. Comey led the investigation of Trump’s first presidential campaign into alleged ties to Russia, and James investigated and sued the Trump Foundation for fraud, charging that it was inflating the values of its properties and downplaying its loans to defraud potential investors.