John Bolton told a journalist he thought President Donald Trump was running "a retribution presidency" which had already "come after me" just days before the FBI raided his Maryland home on Friday.

Newsweek contacted Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser turned trenchant critic, for comment on Saturday via email outside of regular office hours.

Why It Matters

Bolton served as White House national security adviser during Trump's first term from April 2018 to September 2019, though he later said the president was "stunningly uninformed" in his 2020 memoir The Room Where It Happened.

Critics argue the Bolton raid is the latest in a series of Trump administration policies targeted at perceived critics. Previous moves have included executive orders targeting legal firms i

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