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When federal agents raided the house and office of former National Security Advisor John Bolton as part of a classified documents on Friday, some Democrats and liberal commentators implicated Vikas as another example of what they claim that there is political weapons of President Donald Trump’s justice system.
The response marked a striking contrast with long history of the Democrats of Bolton’s opposition. For years, he condemned him as a hardcore foreign policy haw, who manipulated intelligence and pushed the US into the war. But when Bolton broke with Trump, Democrats began quoting him as a major witness and trusted his public comments to extend his case against the former President.
Battle on Bolton’s role in Bush-era
Democrats demanded to be blocked first Bolton’s 2005 enrollment To serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush. Then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Dale., Accused him of being untrue in a Senate questionnaire, given that he was interviewed as a part of a United States department and the CIA investigation pursued a atomic material of atomic material from Niger in Niger.
Rape. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Bolton alleged that Bolton played a role in the disputed claim that Iraq had attempted to buy yellow uranium-one allegation that Bush had appeared in Bush’s 2003 state’s address, but could not be confirmed by American intelligence agencies.
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The then US National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks on 28 August 2019 during his press conference in Kiev, Ukraine. (Str/Nurphoto Getty images)
The same year, Carl W. Ford Junior, the then Intelligence Head in the then State Department, described Bolton as Shakti’s “Serial Abuser”, who pressurized analysts to assess. An analyst, Christian Westrman, allegedly wanted to distribute Bolton in a 2002 speech, including Cuba’s biological weapons claims.
Senate Democrats delayed Bolton’s enrollment for months, citing concerns that they demanded to shape intelligence conclusions to fit the administration policy goals.
Renewed protest during Trump administration
When Trump appointed Bolton as a National Security Advisor in 2018, Democrats again criticized him, which cited his previous support for the Iraq war and his call for a rigorous approach to Iran and North Korea.
The FBI agents raided former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s Maryland house on August 22, 2025 in an investigation into a classified documents. (Fox News Digital)
“Bolton is a dangerous fundamentalist,” Rape Brandon Boyle, D-PA said. Sen Ed Mark, D-Mas. Sen Jeff Markle, D-Ore, argued that Bolton was continuously “wrong on security” throughout his career.
Trump later disappointed from Bolton’s Hawkish approach, including his opposition to the Taliban and advocacy for military action in Iran. Two partitions in 2019, Trump announced Bolton’s departure on social media and Bolton stressed that he had already offered to resign.
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Witness after a demand during impeachment
After Bolton’s break with Trump, Democrats began to highlight him during Trump’s first impeachment test on Ukraine.
“John is not denying the central relevance of Bolton’s testimony,” the then-rap. Adam Shif, D-Calif.
Bolton’s memoir later claimed that Trump demanded Ukraine to withdraw military aid, a trick Bolton privately described as a “drug deal”. At that time, MSNBC commentators suggested that their testimony could be decisive in the test result.
Finally, Bolton refused to testify, offending some democrats, who accused them of burning details for their book instead of presenting them under the oath.
The then National Security Advisor John R. Bolton, the then President Donald J. Trump met the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Root at the Oval Office at the White House on July 18, 2019 in Washington. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Getty Image)
Role in today’s political debate
Since leaving the Trump administration, Bolton has become a regular guest on a network such as CNN and MSNBC, where he continues to weigh on foreign policy and national security.
Although several Democrats once opposed his nomination and criticized his record, he several times pointed to his comments when they align with Trump and other Republican’s criticisms.
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The latest raid shows how Bolton remains a polarization figure – a Democrates opposed for a long time, but also bent in moments when his testimony or comment could be used against Trump.
