The FBI raid on former national security adviser John Bolton last Friday for alleged mishandling of classification was suspect from the start. At least if the president’s critics are to be believed. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) described the raid as “another step in Trump’s march toward authoritarianism.” And Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) called the raid “chilling.” Across Washington, debates over who might be next became a favorite parlor game. The timing of the Bolton raid was also suspect as it coincided with the release of the Justice Department’s transcript of its recent interview with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

All this cynicism may be justified, but there may also be another motive: By seeking to pin on Bolton the same crimes of which the Biden administration accused

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