Bolton Indictment: Lawfare and Real Misconduct Are Not Mutually Exclusive

The 18-count case may involve both.

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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks to reporters after a panel at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., August 17, 2022.

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The 18-count indictment that a federal grand jury in Maryland returned against John Bolton late Thursday so teems with information that it would be easy to pass over a short paragraph — paragraph 53 on page 15 — that seems unremarkable and sounds vaguely exculpatory. To wit:

Then why mention the book at all? Well, because unlike the slapdash indictments drawn up in Virginia against James Comey and Letitia James, who along with Bolton sit atop President Trump’s enemies list, the indictment in Maryland was crafted by prosecutors who obviously know what they’re doing.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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