Despite the fact that the federal investigation into former national security advisor John Bolton’s alleged mishandling of classified information was started during the Biden administration, MSNBC’s Morning Joe suggested on Friday that the DOJ under President Trump following through was yet another case of targeted political prosecution. This came a day after Bolton was indicted on 18 counts for knowingly misusing national defense information.
Justice and intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian briefed the morning show on the background of the indictment, and even demonstrated that Bolton is unlikely to be innocent: “And the indictment says that Bolton used language that made clear he knew he was talking about sensitive information. Things like, ‘The intel briefer said,’ or ‘when in the Situation Room, I learned.’”
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