Sen. Chris Coons: The Timing of John Bolton Home Raid ‘Is Chilling’

BOLDUAN: “Breaking news we continue to cover this morning: The FBI conducting a court-authorized search of the former national security advisor to Donald Trump, John Bolton‘s home. Few details are released. It‘s truly unfolding as we speak. We‘re looking at live pictures right now from outside Bolton‘s home. But a person familiar with the matter has said that this search is done and conducted as part of a national security investigation. Joining us right now is Democratic senator from Delaware, Senator Chris Coons. Senator, thanks for being here. Very little is known. I asked this question with full knowledge of that. Your reaction to hearing that John Bolton‘s home has is now been searched by the FBI?”
COONS: “Well, Kate, the timing of this is chilling. As you said in your introduction, it is court-authorized and it is alleged to be related to a national security investigation. But it‘s important for your viewers to remember the context here. John Bolton served as national security advisor in the first Trump term. After that Trump term, he wrote a book entitled ‘The Room Where It Happened,’ where he said a lot of unflattering things about Donald Trump, his lack of knowledge about national security, his repeatedly needing to be talked out of withdrawing from NATO, and in particular — and I quote — he said that President Trump practiced obstruction of justice as a way of life. In recent days, after the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, Bolton has been publicly criticizing President Trump, saying that Putin is playing him and that he doesn‘t understand the risks of what he‘s doing in engaging with Putin, and Trump has been firing back. So the timing of this search of Bolton‘s home is particularly chilling.”