Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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Red-Hot at RedState
John Bolton’s Office Raid Bombshell: Classified Documents Related to WMDs, Strategic Comms Found
Bolton was very critical of Trump when the Biden administration conducted a raid on Mar-a-Lago and ultimately charged the President with the possession of classified documents. He claimed Trump "didn't care about the classification system."
New: Sniper Opens Fire on ICE Office, Three Critically Injured, As Democrats Keep Shouting 'Fascism'
These kinds of coordinated smears are one of the reasons why radical left-wingers continue to attack federal law enforcement. This has to stop.
Hero at 11: The Boy Who Stopped a School Shooting - and Got Expelled for It
The boy on that bus deserves a medal, not a punishment. Shame on every adult who chose rules over righteousness.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Kathy Hochul Wants NY-Style Gun Bans Across the Nation
I knew she wasn't very bright, but that takes cajones and a lack of brain cells to even remotely suggest considering New York's track record.
Our Poorest State Is Only $2K Yr From Overtaking Germany's Yearly Per Capita GDP
Rising tides are wonderful things, and I'll wave especially happily as Mississippi sails on past those smug ass Germans.
Is Wired Trying to Get Elon Musk Assassinated Next?
Couldn't we put politics aside long enough to give humanity its best shot at ending our dependence on a single, fragile planet?
Why Marco Rubio Obliterated ABC News' George Stephanopoulos
Marco has owned the hosts of CBS News’ Face the Nation. Now ABC News was due for a beating. We’re not going to allow these people to lie with impunity anymore.
Rep. Dan Goldman Asks X to Name ONE Member of 'Antifa'
What does Goldman call all of these little terrorists running around in black hoodies with their faces masked and carrying homemade shields?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Well...it looks like that Thursday meeting between President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to discuss the looming government funding deadline is off.
READ MORE: Trump Tells Jeffries, Schumer to Take a Hike, Blasts 'Outrageous and Unserious' Funding Demands
I have a sneaking suspicion the Dem leaders were angling to spin the meeting's failure to produce results (given their rather audacious demands) as all Trump's fault, and he decided to beat them to the punch. So now, the Dems are attempting to spin the cancellation as Trump chickening out, trotting out the TACO bit again.
So far, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) isn't blinking.
Nor is House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Stay tuned...
White House What's Up
Tuesday was another busy day for President Trump, with his barnburner remarks to the UN General Assembly and his subsequent meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other world leaders. Wednesday (ostensibly) looks to be a might quieter for the president. He'll receive his intelligence briefing in the late morning and then is hosting a Rose Garden dinner in the evening.
Vice President JD Vance, on Wednesday, visits Concord, North Carolina, to "deliver remarks on President Trump’s tax cuts for working families and the Trump Administration’s commitment to empowering state and local law enforcement."
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Sec. Labor - Lori Chavez-DeRemer — Chavez-DeRemer shared how she's teaming up with the Small Business Administration's Kelly Loeffler to expand access to trade programs.
Full Court Press...
The courts were a bit quieter on Tuesday, with not many notable decisions on the Trump administration cases. There was, however, a satisfying outcome in former FBI agent Peter Strzok's First Amendment case against the Department of Justice (and compliments of the Obama-appointed Amy Berman Jackson, no less).
The trial of would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh also concluded on Tuesday with the jury finding Routh guilty on all counts. (And there was some added drama as Routh reportedly attempted to stab himself with a pen as the verdict was being read.)
READ MORE: Breaking: Jury Returns Verdict in Trial of Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh (Updated)
Report: Ryan Routh Tried to Stab Himself in the Neck When Verdict Was Announced
President Trump is set to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday.
On Friday, he's heading to Farmingdale, New York, to attend the Ryder Cup.
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton isn't the first government official to find himself in hot water over classified document handling (and won't be the last, I'm sure). And maybe he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. But something about the way he's responded since he was first called on the carpet regarding his potential improper use/disclosure of classified material really does have me puzzled.
Rusty has the story this morning about some of the material found during the search of Bolton's office, according to court documents. But as he (and Politico) point out, this isn't a new issue for Bolton. He was aware of the problem back in 2020, while his book "The Room Where It Happened" was under preliminary review by the National Security Council. There was a lawsuit over it. Judge Royce Lamberth admonished him, noting that "Bolton has gambled with the national security of the United States. He has exposed his country to harm and himself to civil (and potentially criminal) liability."
Bolton hasn't shied away from being critical of others with classified document and/or sensitive information mishandling issues, notably Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Trump administration officials in relation to Signalgate. So...why was he still sitting on classified material? Was this just hubris? He didn't think he might wind up under the microscope again? Denial? I get that people bend rules and play fast and loose with things, convinced they'll escape notice. But his misdeeds had already been noticed. And he still held on to the damning evidence. Just strikes me as weird — and not too swift.
Would, no doubt, enjoy that TED Talk.
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