JD Vance: Bolton Probe Goes Beyond Classified Docs, There’s ‘Broad Concern

JD Vance: Bolton Probe Goes Beyond Classified Docs, There’s ‘Broad Concern

BREITBART

In a preview of an interview that will air Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Vice President JD Vance said the government has “broad” concerns about former National Security Advisor John Bolton after an FBI raid on his home.

Partial transcript as follows:

KRISTEN WELKER: Let’s start with some breaking news. We’ve learned that the FBI is searching the home of former ambassador John Bolton, his office as well. Can you tell me why is the FBI raiding Ambassador Bolton’s home and office and did the White House get a heads up?

VANCE: So we’re in the very early stages of an ongoing investigation into John Bolton. I will say we’re going to let that investigation proceed. What I can tell you is that unlike the Biden DOJ and the Biden FBI, our law enforcement agencies are going to be driven by law and not by politics. And so if we think that Ambassador Bolton has committed a crime, of course, eventually prosecutions will come, but, as you know Kristen, this is all part of gathering evidence, trying to understand something that we’re worried about. And of course I’ll let the FBI comment on the next stage of the investigation.

WELKER: What’s at the root of this? Is this about classified documents?

VANCE: Again, I’ll let the FBI speak to that. 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. If there is a crime here, of course Ambassador Bolton will get his day in court. That’s how it should be. But again, our focus here is on, did he break the law? Did he commit crimes against the American people? If so, then he deserves to be prosecuted.

WELKER: As we have this conversation, has Ambassador Bolton been detained, taken into custody, arrested in any form?

VANCE: So this news just broke this morning in the FBI. I haven’t talked to the FBI this morning. I don’t know the answer to that question. I assume that he hasn’t been detained and won’t be detained until there’s an actual prosecution, if that actually happens.

WELKER: As you know, Ambassador Bolton is a frequent critic of President Trump’s. He’s also on Kash Patel’s enemies list. The administration has already revoked his security clearance, secret service protection. Is Ambassador Bolton being targeted because he’s a critic of President Trump?

VANCE: No, not at all. And in fact, if we were trying to do that, we would just throw out prosecutions willy-nilly like the Biden administration DOJ did, prosecutions that later got thrown out in court. If we bring a case, and of course we haven’t done that yet, the Department of Justice has not done that yet — we are investigating Ambassador Bolton, but if they ultimately bring a case, it will be because they determine that he has broken the law. We’re going to be careful about that, we’re going be deliberate about that because we don’t think that we should throw people, even if they disagree with us politically, maybe especially if they disagree with us politically, you shouldn’t throw people willy-nilly in prison. You should let the law drive these determinations and that’s what we’re doing.

***

….I suspect that if the media and the American people let this case actually unfold, if they let the investigation unfold as it’s currently doing, they’re going to find out that what we’re doing is being very deliberate…

CONTINUE READING ORG ARTILE…

Header featured image (edited) credit: Org. post article rease. Emphasis added by (TLB)

••••

••••

Stay tuned…

••••

The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)

••••

Comment Policy: As a privately owned web site, we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam, advertising, vulgarity, threats of violence, racism, or personal/abusive attacks on other users. This also applies to trolling, the use of more than one alias, or just intentional mischief. Enforcement of this policy is at the discretion of this websites administrators. Repeat offenders may be blocked or permanently banned without prior warning.

••••

Disclaimer: TLB websites contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “fair use” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, health, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “fair use” you must request permission from the copyright owner.

••••

Disclaimer: The information and opinions shared are for informational purposes only including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material are not intended as medical advice or instruction. Nothing mentioned is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.