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GOP Shouldn’t Hide From Being Pro-Life

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    Washington D.C., USA - January 22, 2015; A Pro-Life woman clashes with a group of Pro-Choice demonstrators at the U.S. Supreme Court.

    OPINION โ€“ Ever since the Supreme Court leak ahead of its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Republicans have been cowed by the leftist media into hiding their pro-life policies.

    This is a huge mistake.

    While the media and radical Democrat partisans hyped the decision’s impact and quickly weaponized the decision, much of the GOP hid, hoping the abortion issue would just go away.

    And to some degree, it has faded as Americans are clearly more concerned about the economy, inflation, crime, and illegal immigration.

    But acting as if we have something to be afraid of only gives the radical abortionists vindication.

    And they don’t deserve it. And we don’t have anything to fear.

    The left is on the wrong side of the issue, of medical science, of morality and of the majority of the American people.

    And we are on the right side.

    Yes, most Americans believe in some widespread access to abortion, but very few believe in abortion on demand with no restrictions, including late-term abortion up to birth.

    And yet, this radical abortion stance has become the policy of today’s Democrats.

    They are the extremists.

    Earlier this week, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) made that point as he stood his ground on a debate stage at the Lake Worth campus of Palm Beach College.

    โ€œIโ€™m 100% pro-life not because I want to deny anyone their rights but because I believe that innocent human life is worthy of the protection under the law,โ€ Rubio said. While noting he has supported legislation that includes exceptions for rape, incest, and the motherโ€™s health, he then went on offense, arguing that โ€œthe extremist on abortion in this campaignโ€ is his opponent.

    Like Democrats around the country, Demings [Rubio’s Dem opponent] had been running ads hitting her Republican opponent on abortion for more than a month. During their debate, Rubio delivered his rebuttal. โ€œShe supports no restrictions, no limitations of any kind โ€“ sheโ€™s against a four-month ban, she voted against a five-month ban,โ€ he said. โ€œShe supports taxpayer-funded abortion on demand for any reason any time up until the moment of birth.โ€

    This is how Republicans should fight the abortion battle.

    We should show that we are reasonable and mainstream while the Democrats are the abortion extremists.

    The National Right to Life organization has always made exceptions for rape, incest, and danger to the life of the mother.

    I recall taking their pledge as a congressional candidate in 2010 in Florida.

    Many conservatives also allow for abortions up to 10 weeks or when a fetal heartbeat is detected.

    This too is supported by many Americans and would likely be supported by many more if they were shown the science.

    With the widespread availability of contraception and ‘reproductive health’ in America why would abortion need to be guaranteed beyond 10, 12, or 15 weeks (where most European countries draw the line)?

    Significantly, the most common cutoff for abortions around the world is 12 weeks, Axios has reported.

    A recent poll found that 48% of Americans at least somewhat support restricting abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, while 43% oppose it.

    Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, says Republican candidates should be leaning into abortion as a winning conservative issue โ€” not running away.

    She blamed some Republicans for “inch[ing] to the middle, maybe the back of the bus” on abortion as Election Day approaches.

    “Letting the dust settle without being a vocal advocate means you let the dust settle on the wrong side,” Dannenfelser said.

    And she is totally correct.

    Conservatives need to stand by their principles and defend life.

    The extremists on this issue are the pro-abortion Democrats.

    Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.

    Nikki Haley Surges Ahead In Latest New Hampshire Poll

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      Donald Trump should be taking notice…

      Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is gaining serious momentum with New Hampshire voters.

      According to Sunday’s CBS News/YouGov poll, Haley has emerged as a top alternative to former president Trump, consolidating much of the non-Trump vote. Among likely GOP primary voters, 29 percent say they would vote for the former South Carolina governor, 15 points behind Trump.

      The Hill has more:

      Eleven percent say they would vote for GOP Florida Gov.ย Ron DeSantis,ย and 10 percent say they would vote for former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. No other candidate received more than 10 percent.

      Regarding who can beatย President Biden,ย 51 percent of voters said Trump would โ€œdefinitelyโ€ do so, while 32 percent said the same for Haley โ€” underscoring just how strong of a hold the former president has on Republicans.

      The poll also sought to determine how New Hampshire Republican voters felt toward each candidate.

      Haley is overwhelmingly seen as the most likable, receiving 55 percent of the vote. DeSantis falls in second, holding 37 percent of the vote, while Trump andย Vivek Ramaswamyย are tied for third, holding 36 percent of the vote.

      A majority of voters also said Haley is the most reasonable of the candidates. Fifty-one percent voted for the former U.N. ambassador, while 37 percent said DeSantis was the most reasonable. Trump falls in third with 36 percent.

      Ex-Trump Organization CFO Pleads Guilty To Perjury Charges

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      On Monday, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court to plead guilty to charges related to Donald Trump’s civil fraud case.

      Weisselberg pleaded guilty to perjury charges stemming from his testimony in former President Trumpโ€™s civil fraud trial.ย 

      The top executive was ordered to pay more than $1.1 million, plus interest.

      The Hill reports:

      Weisselbergโ€™s charges stem from his testimony in October during the civil fraud trial, where he testified that he โ€œnever focused onโ€ Trumpโ€™s Manhattan triplex that was listed on the former presidentโ€™s financial statements as 30,000 square feet in size โ€“ despite actually being less than 11,000 square feet.  

      But after Weisselberg testified, Forbes published an article accusing him of lying under oath, citing years old correspondence between the magazine and Trump Organization executive. 

      โ€œA review of old emails and notes, some of which the attorney generalโ€™s office does not possess, show that Weisselberg absolutely thought about Trumpโ€™s apartmentโ€”and played a key role in trying to convince Forbes over the course of several years that it was worth more than it really was,โ€ Forbes wrote in its Oct. 12 article.  

      When confronted by state lawyers about the Forbes article, Weisselberg conceded that the triplex in the former presidentโ€™s 5th Avenue Trump Tower was only 10,996 square feet. 

      Weisselberg is among several top executives at the Trump organization who were barred last month from operating their business in New York for a range of two to three years. That ruling came from Judge Aurthur Engoron, who also banned Trump and his children from operating the business. 

      A New York Appeals Court allowed Trump and his sons to maintain control of the company temporarily while they attempt to appeal Engoron’s decision.

      Engoron also “permanently” barred defendants Weisselberg and former corporate controller Jeffrey McConney from “serving in the financial control function of any New York corporation or similar business entity registered and/or licensed in New York State” and as a director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in New York for three years.

      “There was never an option to choose a jury trial,” a Trump spokesperson told Fox News Digital last month. “It is unfortunate that a jury wonโ€™t be able to hear how absurd the merits of this case are and conclude no wrongdoing ever happened.”

      New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) sued Trump in 2022, alleging he falsely altered his net worth on key financial statements to receive tax and insurance benefits. The documents, which detailed the value of the Trump Organizationโ€™s various assets, were sent to banks and insurers to secure loans and deals, which the state purports is evidence of fraud.  

      Trump Designates Iran-Backed Groups In Iraq Terrorist Organizations

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      By The White House - https://www.flickr.com/photos/202101414@N05/54581054338/, Public Domain,

      In a decisive move to confront Iranโ€™s destabilizing influence in the Middle East, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday officially designated four Iran-backed Iraqi militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). The groupsโ€”Harakat al-Nujaba, Kataโ€™ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Kataโ€™ib al-Imam Aliโ€”have long served as armed proxies for Tehran, attacking U.S. and coalition forces and threatening American diplomats.

      All four groups were previously sanctioned by the Treasury Department as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) in 2023, but the new designations escalate U.S. pressure by invoking additional legal penalties, travel bans, and asset freezes.

      โ€œIran-aligned militia groups have conducted attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and bases hosting U.S. and Coalition forces, typically using front names or proxy groups to obfuscate their involvement,โ€ Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in the announcement.


      Iranโ€™s Proxy War Network: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq

      According to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), these four militias form the backbone of a Tehran-controlled umbrella organization known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI). The IRI surged in prominence after Hamas launched its deadly October 7, 2023 assault on Israel.

      Since then, the IRI has claimed or been linked to hundreds of rocket, drone, and IED attacks on U.S. and allied forces in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. U.S. officials say the network was responsible for the January 2024 drone attack in Jordan that killed three American service members, marking one of the deadliest assaults on U.S. troops in years.

      โ€œThe Trump administration broke the taboo during term one when it proved it could name, shame, and punish Iran-backed militias in Iraq without the country devolving into civil war,โ€ said Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the FDDโ€™s Iran program. โ€œNow in term two the administration is upping the ante continuing a campaign of designations against the agents of influence and terror of Iran in Iraq.โ€


      Popular Mobilization Forces: A Trojan Horse for Tehran

      The four newly designated groups are also part of Iraqโ€™s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)โ€”a nominally state-run coalition originally created to fight ISIS, but which has been heavily infiltrated and directed by Iranโ€™s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

      โ€œTehran relies on these militias to literally have a state within a state in Iraq,โ€ Ben Taleblu warned. โ€œSandwiching these and other Iran-backed terror groups between Treasury Department [Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons] SDN listings and State Department [Foreign Terrorist Organizations] FTO listings, as the Trump administration previously did with their patron, the IRGC, in term one is the right approach.โ€


      Trumpโ€™s Proven Record on Targeting Terror Groups

      This new wave of designations continues the Trump administrationโ€™s aggressive posture against Iran and its terror proxies. In 2019, the administration made history by designating the IRGC itself as a Foreign Terrorist Organizationโ€”the first time the U.S. had ever used the FTO label on part of another nationโ€™s military.

      That same year, U.S. forces conducted a precision strike in Baghdad killing Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGCโ€™s elite Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the PMF and leader of the Iran-backed Kataโ€™ib Hezbollah militia, another group long designated as an FTO.

      Other Iran-backed entities targeted by the Trump administration included:

      • Asaโ€™ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) โ€” designated in 2020 for killing U.S. and coalition troops.
      • Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (HHN) โ€” sanctioned in 2019 for its role in attacks on American forces.
      • Kataโ€™ib Hezbollah (KH) โ€” designated in 2009, but further sanctioned and struck by U.S. airpower under Trump following deadly rocket attacks.

      These actions sent a clear message that attacks on Americans would carry severe consequencesโ€”a doctrine many national security analysts argue helped restore deterrence in the region.

      Most Americans Think Chris Christie Wrong on Transgender Kids

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      ANALYSIS โ€“ One of the most transcendent political issues today is the Leftโ€™s war on reality. Specifically, the radical efforts to push a totally made-up, anti-science, transgender ideology on society, and especially our children.ย 

      And most Republicans agree. Actually, most Americans agree.

      Being on the wrong side of this issue should automatically disqualify a GOP candidate for president. And former New Jersey governor Chris Christie is wrong on this issue โ€“ big time.

      During a segment on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, Christie argued against state bans on sex change treatments for children, reported Fox News. 

      When asked aboutย Republican governorsย banning life-altering, genital mutilating gender reassignment surgeries and experimental โ€˜puberty blockersโ€™ drugs and hormones for minors in their states, he replied:

      I don’t think that the government should ever be stepping in to the place of the parents in helping to move their children through a process where those children are confused or concerned about their gender.

      To be fair, Christie also said:ย “What I would like to make sure each state does is require that parents are involved in these decisions.” And that is critical. But it isnโ€™t enough.

      Sadly, itโ€™s Christie who is confused.

      If this was 1980, and a Republican candidate said the government shouldnโ€™t get between parents and their children, I would wholeheartedly agree. 

      But in 1980 no one would have imagined a society, medical establishment, public school system and government pushing radical transgenderism on our kids, and their parents.

      The world is now officially upside down. And even parents are being pressured to permanently damage their kids. The only chance we have to preserve basic human values is by Republican red states defending them wholeheartedly. 

      And when possible, defending them at the federal level.

      Former President Donald Trump has been vocal about his stance: “These people are sick, they’re deraigned,” Trump recently said in North Carolina, speaking of those who support men competing in women’s sports. 

      The former president also said he would “sign a law prohibiting child sexual mutilation in all 50 states” if elected in 2024.

      Unfortunately for Christie, and fortunately for the rest of us, Fox News reports that a strong majority of Americans disagree with him. 

      A Washington Post-KFF poll โ€œfound that 68% of Americans oppose access to puberty-blocking medication for kids ages 10 to 14 and 58% oppose access to hormonal treatments for kids ages 15 to 17.โ€

      But Christie isnโ€™t just wrong on this extreme issue. He has been wrong on transgender issues for many years.

      As Fox News reported:

      While serving as governor of New Jersey in 2017, Christie passed laws allowing children to use school bathrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity rather than sex assigned at birth.

      Christie’s signature also removed restrictions on biological men competing in women’s sports, an issue that the WaPo poll found over 60% of Americans think should be banned.

      Christie also signed another law that year prohibiting insurance companies from denying services to anyone based on their โ€˜gender identity.โ€™

      In the increasingly crowded field of GOP presidential hopefuls, former President Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and former Ambassador Nikki Haley, are all on the right side. They all support restricting children under 18 years of age from receiving gender reassignment (or genital mutilation) procedures.

      All three also support banning biological men from competing in women’s sports. And they are all correct.

      But, as far as Iโ€™m concerned Christie just disqualified himself from being a GOP candidate for president.

      Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.

      Harris Rally Descends Into Chaos As Attendees Suffer Medical Emergencies

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        Yikes…

        Several attendees at Vice Presidentย Kamala Harrisโ€™sย โ€œextremely hotโ€ campaign rally in Chandler, Arizona on Thursday passed out and threw up as a result of the heat.

        โ€œIt is extremely hot inside Harrisโ€™s Chandler rally,โ€ย reportedย Washington Postย campaign reporterย Dylan Wells. โ€œLots of calls for medics as attendees pass out, and a supporter throwing up near the press pen.โ€

        Before the event began, supporters of Harris could be seen lining up outside in more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit heat.

        Inside the rally, footage showed attendees frantically fanning themselves with papers and other items as they waited for Harris to take the stage.

        According to Daily Wire investigative journalistย Spencer Lindquist, โ€œSeveral attendees had to be escorted out by medics during the rally and appeared to be suffering from heatstroke or dehydration,โ€ as the temperature in Chandler reached a height of 103 degrees.

        Theย Arizona Republicย reportedย that Harris volunteers โ€œwalked around with cases of water for rally-goers and checked to see if they needed any medical attention, although most in line were unbothered by the heat as they made their way relatively quickly through the queue.โ€

        The disastrous night shows a stark comparison from an outdoor Trump rally over the summer in which attendees also waited in blistering heat.

        The event at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, marked the Republican presidential candidateโ€™sย first outdoor eventย since a would-be assassin shot and wounded him at rally in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this year.

        A woman apparently had passed out in the stands, perhaps due to heat exposure, and Trump left the stage, where he was surrounded byย bulletproof glass, to check on her.

        Emergency medical personnel were treating the woman, who looked red in the face. She was conscious at that point and holding a bottle of water.

        Trump gave her a hug, and she seemed very pleased to meet him.

        There had been calls for a medic from the crowd, which Trump had acknowledged from the stage, asking for โ€œa doctor, please.โ€

        โ€œIt is very hot here,โ€ he said.


        Trump Asks Court To Throw Out Remnants of โ€˜Legally Unsoundโ€™ Fraud Case

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        President Trump has asked New Yorkโ€™s highest court to dismiss the remaining findings and penalties in the stateโ€™s civil fraud case against him, arguing that the lawsuit brought by Attorney General Letitia James was legally flawed and politically motivated.

        In a 119-page filing submitted Wednesday to the New York Court of Appeals, Trumpโ€™s attorneys described the case as an โ€œunprecedentedโ€ use of the attorney generalโ€™s authority and urged the court to fully overturn it.

        โ€œThis Court should put an end to this politically motivated action,โ€ his lawyers wrote.

        James filed the civil lawsuit in 2022, accusing Trump and his family business of inflating the value of their assets to secure more favorable loan and insurance terms. The case became one of the most significant legal challenges Trump has faced, threatening both his public image as a successful real estate developer and the future of the Trump Organization. It also elevated James as one of Trumpโ€™s most prominent political and legal adversaries.

        The case has taken a complex path through the courts. After a bench trial, Judge Arthur Engoron found Trump liable for fraud and imposed a $464 million judgment, which grew to more than $500 million with interest. Engoron also barred Trump from serving in top roles at New York companies for three years, imposed two-year bans on his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and appointed an independent monitor to oversee the Trump Organizationโ€™s business practices.

        However, a mid-level appellate court later struck down the financial penalty as excessive, removing the largest monetary consequence while leaving the liability finding and other restrictions in place. The appellate judges were sharply divided in their ruling.

        Despite that partial victory, Trumpโ€™s legal team is now seeking to eliminate the remaining penalties and the underlying liability determination. His lawyers acknowledged the โ€œunusual postureโ€ of the appeal, since the prior ruling largely benefited him, but argued that the decision still rests on an โ€œerroneous findingโ€ that must be reversed.

        โ€œThis unprecedented and legally unsound case is about far more than President Trump,โ€ his lawyers said, arguing that James stretched a New York law targeting โ€œpersistent fraud or illegalityโ€ beyond its intended use.

        โ€œIf left on the books, the mistaken legal rulings below threaten New Yorkโ€™s position as the Nationโ€™s financial capital, as well as the Stateโ€™s commercial real-estate industry,โ€ they added.

        The New York attorney generalโ€™s office, which has also appealed aspects of the appellate ruling, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

        The appeal comes amid a broader and highly contentious legal and political battle between Trump and James. During the period between Trumpโ€™s presidential terms, James secured a major civil fraud ruling against him, while Trump and his allies have repeatedly accused her of pursuing politically motivated cases.

        More recently, Trump administration officials have sought to pursue criminal cases against James. She was indicted last fall on mortgage fraud allegations, but a federal judge dismissed the charges, finding that the prosecutor who brought the case had been unlawfully appointed. Prosecutors later sought two additional indictments, but grand juries declined to bring charges.

        Trumpโ€™s latest appeal now asks the stateโ€™s highest court to bring the long-running civil case to a close by wiping out the remaining findings and penalties that continue to affect him and his business.

        Red State Governor Appoints New ‘Border Czar’

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          Construction continues on new border wall system project near Yuma, AZ. Recently constructed border wall near Yuma, Arizona on June 3, 2020. CBP photo by Jerry Glaser.

          Don’t mess with Texas.

          Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) is sick and tired of the Biden administration’s lack of action at the U.S.-Mexico border.

          In his strongest move yet to defend the border, Gov. Abbott created a new position in his administration to battle the ongoing illegal immigration crisis.

          โ€œFor nearly two years, the State of Texas has taken unprecedented, historic action under Operation Lone Star in response to the Biden Administrationโ€™s refusal to secure the border,โ€ said Abbott. โ€œTo continue doing what no other state in the history of our country has done to secure the border, I hired Mike Banks as the State of Texasโ€™ first-ever Border Czar.โ€

          โ€œAs an award-winning Border Patrol Agent, with decades of federal law enforcement and border security experience, Mike is the perfect choice to oversee Texasโ€™ fight against the surge of illegal immigration, lethal drugs, and deadly weapons flowing into our state and nation,โ€ Abbott continued. โ€œI have no doubt that Mikeโ€™s strong record of leadership and wealth of experience will provide Texansโ€”and Americansโ€”the level of border security expertise they deserve from a proper Border Czar.โ€

          Banks said,ย โ€œProtecting our nationโ€™s border is something I have dedicated the last 23 years of my life to, and I am very passionate about it. I look forward to strengthening our relationships with law enforcement partners and the community, leveraging all that we can to further protect our great state of Texas and the United States.โ€

          According to The Daily Wire, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had 251,487ย encountersย with illegal aliens last month, the highest number ever recorded in U.S. history.

          Decemberโ€™s numbers marked ten straight months of 200,000+ illegal alien encounters per month on the southern border.

          Kari Lake Calls On Arizona GOP Chair To Resign

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            Kari Lake speaking with supporters at a "Stand for Freedom" rally at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Scottsdale Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. [Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons]

            On Wednesday, Arizona GOP chairman Jeff Dewit resigned after leaked audioย appeared to show him attempting to bribe Senate candidate Kari Lake.

            On Tuesday, Lake demanded the chair resign after a recording surfaced of him appearing to offer Lake money in exchange for ending her Senate campaign.

            The recording, first reported by The Daily Mail, purports to capture DeWit offering Lake money in exchange for her staying out of politics for two years.

            โ€œThere are very powerful people who want to keep you out,โ€ DeWit reportedly told Lake in the recording, saying only that these figures were from the โ€œeast.โ€

            โ€œJust say, is there a number at which,โ€ DeWit begins, before being cut off.

            โ€œI can be bought? Thatโ€™s what itโ€™s about,โ€ Lake retorted.

            โ€œYou can take a pause for a couple of years,โ€ DeWit continued. โ€œYou can go right back to what youโ€™re doing.โ€

            Lake said she would not accept a billion dollars to leave the Senate race.

            The former TV news anchor and current rising MAGA star’s Senate campaign has been met with some hesitation from Republican strongholds who would reportedly prefer a stronger fundraiser in the race.

            She said Tuesday that she didnโ€™t have anyone in mind to replace DeWit.

            โ€œI havenโ€™t given it a lot of thought. What I want to do is make sure we get the corrupt people out,โ€ she said.

            On Monday, the chair of the Maricopa County GOP, Craig Berland, also called on DeWit to resign.

            โ€œIf this is, in fact, true, Iโ€™m asking AZGOP Chairman Jeff DeWit to resign,โ€ he said in a statement about the recording.

            Federal Prosecutors โ€˜At Workโ€™ To Bring Charges Against John Bolton

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            Federal prosecutors are reportedly preparing charges against former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton, a longtime critic of President Trump, over his handling of classified materials โ€” a move that comes after months of internal resistance from within the Justice Department.

            According to CNNโ€™s Katelyn Polantz, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s Office in Maryland met over the weekend to hammer out the details of a potential indictment. Citing unnamed sources, Polantz reported that the Maryland team had initially pushed back against DOJ leadershipโ€™s push to charge Bolton, but those objections have now โ€œlifted,โ€ and the team is โ€œat workโ€ on the case.

            The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

            Appearing on CNNโ€™s The Situation Room with anchor Pamela Brown, Polantz explained that the disagreement was โ€œabout when to chargeโ€ Bolton โ€” suggesting that some inside the DOJ were concerned about timing rather than substance.

            โ€œFrom what I had learned through sources,โ€ Polantz said, โ€œwas that the dispute was over timing โ€” whether to charge John Bolton very soon or prepare an indictment very soon to take it through the grand jury, or whether there needed to be more time since those searches of his home and office only took place a couple of weeks ago.โ€

            In late August, FBI agents raided Boltonโ€™s Maryland home and private office, seizing materials reportedly marked โ€œsecret,โ€ โ€œconfidential,โ€ and โ€œclassified,โ€ including documents referencing weapons of mass destruction. Investigators also collected electronics and files labeled โ€œTrump Iโ€“IV,โ€ according to court filings.

            Bolton โ€” who has been a vocal Trump critic since leaving the administration โ€” has denied any wrongdoing. His attorney, Abbe Lowell, said the items taken were โ€œdecades oldโ€ and insisted that his client โ€œdid nothing inappropriate.โ€