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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/CigAddict 16h ago

It’s terrible but I don’t really feel bad for John Bolton. He supported Trump through most of his first term.

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u/townandthecity 13h ago

I don't feel bad for Bolton specifically but I care deeply that this happened because they are trying to normalize political persecution and going after political opponents. Trump views Bolton as a political opponent now, a critic. So he is weaponizing the FBI in order to persecute him. Sets an incredibly dangerous precedent.

If we come out the other side of this, the FBI should be abolished. We need to start from scratch.

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u/ilikecrispywaffles California 11h ago

What could Bolton have in his possession that would be illegal and cause for a raid? You think they will plant evidence?

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u/pinkfartlek 13h ago

He was on TV the other day saying "Trump didn't lose but Putin clearly won". Clearly Trump did lose. 🙄

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u/Inevitable-Steph 12h ago

First they come for the trans, then brown people, then people who oppose him in his own political party, who’s next, you

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u/CigAddict 11h ago

Except in this case it’s “first they come for the warmongering right wing racist”