Evening Wire: John Bolton Indicted & Trump Chats With Putin | 10.16.25

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

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A federal grand jury indicts John Bolton, Trump chats with Putin ahead of his meeting with Zelensky, and Border Patrol agents will remain paid despite the shutdown. Get the facts first with Evening Wire. - - - Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy morning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.5	Trump chats with Putin ahead of his meeting with Zelensky. Border Patrol agents will remain
0:37.3	paid despite the
0:38.3	shutdown and CIA ops in Venezuela are a go. I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe.
0:45.5	It's Thursday, October 16th. This is Evening Wire. Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton
0:51.8	has been indicted by a federal grand jury. That's according to a new
0:55.4	report from CNN. Bolton was under investigation for his handling of classified materials and subjected
1:01.0	to FBI raids on his home in Maryland and office in Washington, D.C. agents seized multiple
1:07.3	documents bearing some level of classified marking. Bolton has been charged related to the documents probe.
1:13.7	CNN reports that he allegedly shared highly classified information with his wife and daughter.
1:18.6	President Trump says he's agreed to meet face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin again,
1:24.0	this time in Budapest.
1:25.6	Trump says he hopes to come to an agreement with Putin that
1:28.0	will end the war in Ukraine. The announcement follows what Trump called a very productive phone
1:33.1	call with Putin, who congratulated him on his Middle East peace deal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
1:38.2	will lead advance meetings next week as Trump prepares to host Ukrainian president Vladimir
1:42.7	Zelensky at the White House tomorrow. The government shutdown now heads into a third week as Trump prepares to host Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the White House tomorrow.
1:45.0	The government shutdown now heads into a third week as Democrats block reopening efforts for a 10th time.
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