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Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawson with this Great America Show Midday Update for Friday, October 17th.

Happy Friday, folks.

Trump's former national security advisor, John Bolton, turned himself into the authorities

at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland this morning after he was indicted by the Department

of Justice for their probe into his classified documents mishandling and espionage.

18 count indictment counts 1 through 8, transmission of national defense information, counts 9 through 18 eight transmission of national defense information counts nine

through 18 retention of national defense information charges carry up to 180 years in prison

Bolton lashed out at President Trump on Thursday and claimed he has become quote the latest

target in weaponizing the justice department Bolton says when my email was hacked in 2021, the FBI was made fully aware.

In four years of the prior administration after these reviews, no charges were ever filed.

These charges are not just about a focus on me or my diaries, but his intensive effort to intimidate his opponents

and to assure that he alone determines what is said about his conduct. Now, I don't know what

Bolton thinks, but this is probably part of the reason why Bolton. I had a hard time getting

along in the Trump administration. President Trump and him

are not opponents. They're nowhere near the same level. Bolton had a lot to say about President

Trump at Mar-a-Lago, but Bolton has to answer now why he stole war plans and other top-secret

war information.

I think it's worth asking Mr. Bolton, right?

And former special counsel, Jack Smith, becoming the latest deep stater who may finally see

the wheels of justice. Special counsel Jack Smith was referred to the Department of Justice

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