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Victor Davis Hanson: What the Media Won’t Tell You About John Bolton FBI Raid

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🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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From Bolton’s role in the Trump administration to prior warnings from a federal judge about his handling of sensitive information and why the DOJ under Biden dropped its earlier investigation, Victor Davis Hanson unpacks the full backstory behind the raid on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “ When Donald Trump's home was raided on August 9th, 2022, John Bolton spoke out. And he said, ‘Let's not prejudge, you,’ basically, you pro-Trumpers, ‘let's just let all the evidence, you know, be seen before we make snap judgments.’ Meaning, you know, he's probably guilty. But more importantly, then he said, ‘Donald Trump was just—anything that came across his desk. He saw french fries, he got 'em. He saw classified documents, he did, just because he could.’ And then on another occasion, ‘He has no respect for classification. And that's a lie, that he personally classified these.’  So he was very critical of anybody who objected to what he thought was an FBI, legitimate raid on Mar-a-Lago. Now it's ironic. We'll see if he uses the same tropes and themes to protect himself in the way that he blasted Trump about a similar raid.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1    👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273    👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com  (0:00) FBI Raids John Bolton's Home (1:56) Background on Bolton's Legal Issues (2:54) Trump's DOJ vs. Bolton (3:49) Current Investigation (5:30) Legal and Political Implications (9:02) Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com. Last week, the FBI, under the egis of the

0:34.0

Department of Justice, rated John Bolton, the former National Security

0:38.4

Advisor to Donald Trump during his first term.

0:41.1

And they raided his home and his house.

0:43.3

And they took away documents, which allegedly the target of the raid were these documents.

0:48.3

Bolton was not arrested, he was not indicted.

0:50.3

There were no effort aimed at him personally.

0:53.3

But the accusation apparently was that he had

0:56.8

removed classified documents. So now the question is, did they go in to get these documents because

1:02.9

they were on a revenge tour, retribution against Bolton, because he's been all over left-wing cable

1:09.1

news, specifically CNN and more importantly MSNBC.

1:13.6

I think more likely there's something there or two federal judges would not have given permission to look.

1:19.6

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.

1:34.2

Last week, the FBI under the aegis of the Department of Justice,

1:40.0

raided John Bolton, the former national security advisor to Donald Trump during his first term,

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