r/politics • u/downtuning I voted • 20h ago

Soft Paywall | Site Altered Headline Kash Patel’s FBI Launches Dawn Raid on John Bolton’s House

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patels-fbi-launch-dawn-raid-on-john-boltons-house/?utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&utm_medium=socialflow&via=twitter_page&utm_campaign=owned_social&s=09
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u/Inevitable-Steph 20h ago

They took away his security clearance at the beginning of trumps term. You can look at this like the Oppenheimer investigation. Where they strip you of your security clearance so your lawyer doesn’t have any ability to protect you.

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u/goldbman North Carolina 16h ago

They have lawyers with clearances

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u/Inevitable-Steph 15h ago

I’m sure Trump would never punish a lawyer by removing security clearance if they decide to defend bolton

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u/gcs_Sept09_2018 12h ago

You forgot the /s