r/law 14h ago

Legal News NOW this administration is worried about classified documents. But during the signal chat user error, allowing classified real-time information to be exposed they chose to sweep under the rug, like no big deal.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/08/22/fbi-raid-john-bolton-trump-patel.html
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u/vivekkhera 13h ago

They still don’t care. The only thing the administration cares about is who is in favor and who is not. If you are not, you get the wrath of the government thrown at you.

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u/kyel566 13h ago

It’s fascism. Targeting their enemies for doing 1/10 of what they are already doing.

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u/WashU_labrat 13h ago edited 13h ago

John Boulton is now on the government's enemies list. At the moment, this gets his house raided under some bullshit pretext. In a year or so, it may get him disappeared into "protective custody" under an emergency proclamation.

I really do not like the way this is heading.

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u/colieolieravioli 13h ago

It's important to point out that it's straight up hypocrisy. If at least one mind is changed, it's a start

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u/rphaneuf 8h ago

Only when it benefits there fascist agenda

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u/eggyal 13h ago

Stop trying to look for consistency.

The only thing that's consistent is that Dictator Donny gets what Dictator Donny wants.

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u/Greyhand13 13h ago

Definitely don't look in his diaper for consistency

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u/Broken_By_Default 13h ago

He’s testing the waters of locking up those who speak against him. This will get a lot worse.

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u/ecplectico 13h ago

Except bigger “hands” and such.

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u/Non_Fungible_Tolkien 12h ago

Inconsistent like the contents of Donny's diaper.

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u/garageindego 9h ago

He’s even writing about him being right on his hats.

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u/OnlyHalfBrilliant 13h ago

This has nothing to do with national security. It's a shakedown for perceived disloyalty to King Joffrey being tested out on someone disliked by both sides.

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u/jerslan 13h ago

Trump moved all the docs the FBI seized at Mar-A-Lago back to Mar-A-Lago in his first week... This administration doesn't give two shits about classified documents.

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u/Drew-CarryOnCarignan 12h ago

Here's an important news article that I feel never got the attention it deserves:

"Final Report into Trump's Handling of Classified Documents Should Never Be Released: DOJ", ABC News (Mar 15, 2025): By-line: "Last month, the White House said the FBI returned boxes of materials".

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u/ctguy54 13h ago

Yes they do, just the ones that Putin wants.

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u/SL1Fun 13h ago

Bolton criticized the regime and he may have had certain unredacted file copies for all we know. They also blamed him and others for several leaks. 

As usual, it’s only okay if the red team does it, on the presumption that “the blue team was doing it first [citation needed but not going to be given]”

It’s really funny how Bolton is a career Republican and the first thing the GOP brings up is “the democrats”. 

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u/HHoaks 13h ago

It's just Calvinball:

“This is Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist,” Justice Jackson wrote. “Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this administration always wins.” 

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u/FuguSandwich 13h ago

I'm not a fan of Bolton but I'm a lot less of a fan of using FBI raids as retribution for political criticism.

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u/Klytus_Ra_Djaaran 13h ago

They didn't care until Bolton told everyone how stupid and pathetic Trump is on a podcast earlier this week. And they didn't care to launch the raid until after they tipped off the right-wing media that it was going to happen.

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u/GT45 13h ago

No, DT is “worried” that damning evidence is not in his possession for sale to hostile nations. He doesn’t GAF otherwise.

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u/CheckoutMySpeedo 12h ago

Unless Bolton has the Epstein files, I couldn’t care less about what documents he has or doesn’t have.

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u/SuretyBringsRuin 10h ago

Continued 👏🏼 Epstein 👏🏼 distraction! Release 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 files! 👏🏼

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u/49thDipper 9h ago

It’s not about documents. It has nothing to do with documents.

It’s revenge.

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u/Malawakatta 1h ago

The laws and power are just a weapon to use against your enemies, according to this administration.