For the third time in three weeks, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has secured an indictment against one of his most prominent foes – someone whom Trump has accused of crimes and indicated should be prosecuted.
John Bolton, who served as Trump’s national security adviser in his first term before turning against him, joins former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James in facing charges.
Bolton is charged with 18 counts of retaining and transmitting classified information, dating back to his time in Trump’s White House. He allegedly shared the information with family members who didn’t have security clearances.
That rapid progression means Bolton’s indictment will often be lumped in with Comey’s and James’s as an example of Trump weaponizing the justice system against his foes. Trump’s role in orchestrating the charges against Comey and James has certainly warranted that narrative, given it has no parallel in decades of American politics.
“Now, I have become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those [Trump] deems to be his enemies with charges that were de
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