TMI Show Ep 246: “John Bolton Indicted”

Tune in to “The TMI Show” for an investigation into former National Security Adviser John Bolton's federal indictment on charges of mishandling classified information.

A federal grand jury in Maryland indicts Bolton on Thursday, charging eight counts of transmitting and ten counts of unlawfully retaining national defense information. The FBI’s investigation reveals Bolton allegedly transmitting top secret information using personal online accounts and retaining documents in his house, directly violating federal law. FBI Director Kash Patel declares that anyone threatening national security faces accountability. The documents expose intelligence on future attacks, foreign adversaries, foreign-policy relations, informants, and adversary leaders. Federal agents searched Bolton’s Bethesda home and Washington office earlier this summer, uncovering classified records retained even after decommissioning his residence’s Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility post-2019 Trump cabinet exit. Bolton, UN ambassador under Bush and adviser under Trump, now battles defense attorney Abbe Lowell’s denial that unclassified personal diaries shared only with family break any law—known to FBI since 2021. Controversy erupts amid Bolton’s sharp Trump criticisms labeling him unfit, countered by Trump’s “whack job” jibes.

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• Ace Frehley Dies at 74
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• Supreme Court Targets Voting Rights
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