Vice President J.D. Vance conveyed detailed knowledge and apparent involvement in the FBI raid on former national security advisor John Bolton's home, citing classified documents and broader concerns about Bolton. Vance stated that prosecutors would not pursue charges if no crime existed. Critics called the raid a "fishing expedition," arguing that investigators should coordinate with lawyers rather than conduct a pre-dawn raid. Commentators described the operation as intimidating and inconsistent with ordinary legal protocols. Observers also noted public messaging around the raid and questioned potential political influence over law enforcement actions.
What's at the root of this? Is this about classified documents? Well, I'll let the FBI speak to that, Vance began. Classified documents are certainly part of it, but I think that there's a broad concern about Ambassador Bolton. They're going to look into it. And like I said, if there's no crime here, we're not going to prosecute it.
The way Vance talked about it, he said, Yeah, that's part of it. But we just want to take a look.' Basically, this is now, it seems and I'm only going on what the vice president said It's almost like a fishing expedition, Nichols said. We're just going to poke around and see if this guy has any dirt in his background.' That's not the way the American system works.
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