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Trump breaks silence amid FBI's raid on former aide John Bolton; 'He's a real sort of a lowlife'
President Donald Trump stated he was largely unaware of the FBI's raid on his home and labeled John Bolton “a lowlife.”
President Donald Trump claimed that he was unaware of the FBI's raid of his suburban Maryland home, calling his former national security adviser John Bolton a “lowlife.”
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Bolton has been a harsh critic of Trump since working for him during his first term. Trump has already revoked Bolton's security detail and security clearance, even in the face of an Iranian assassination plot.
Speaking to reporters at the People's House museum, which is close to the White House, Trump on Friday said, “I'm not a fan of John Bolton. He's a real sort of a lowlife.”
Trump claimed that although he had seen news coverage of the FBI search, he was largely unaware of it. He said he is likely to receive a briefing from the Justice Department.
The US President said that Bolton was appointed because his hostile image alarmed foreign nations. Trump, meanwhile, has since called Bolton "unpatriotic" and “very bad at what he does.”
“He’s a very quiet person, except on television, if he can say something bad about Trump,” stated the 45th President. “He's not a smart guy, but he could be a very unpatriotic guy. We’re going to find out.”
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What did Bolton say on Alaska conference? His anti-Trump remarks here
Following Trump's August 15 meeting with Vladimir Putin, Bolton told CNN that the Russian President “clearly won” the Alaska conference. Trump is not capable of being president, as per Bolton's previous statements.
According to the June 2020 lawsuit, while assessing the $2 million book for publication, Ellen Knight, the National Security Council's senior director for records access, discovered “significant amounts of classified information,” including some designated as “TOP SECRET.”
However, Chuck Cooper, Bolton's lawyer, described the case as “a transparent attempt to use national security as a pretext to censor” Bolton.
In 2021, the Justice Department under Biden administration withdrew the criminal investigation and the case after a court denied the lawsuit's request to block the book.
