John Bolton, Trump’s former National Security Advisor and self-proclaimed defender of “national security” has just been indicted under the Espionage Act.
💥 18 felony counts.
8 for transmitting Top Secret info.
10 for keeping it at home. 🧵
1/17
💥 18 felony counts.
8 for transmitting Top Secret info.
10 for keeping it at home. 🧵
1/17
Yes, that John Bolton.
The guy who spent five years calling Trump reckless with classified info just got charged for sharing over 1,000 pages of it... with his wife and daughter.
2/17
The guy who spent five years calling Trump reckless with classified info just got charged for sharing over 1,000 pages of it... with his wife and daughter.
2/17
The indictment reads like dark comedy.
Bolton literally created a family group chat on an encrypted app the day before he became National Security Advisor and told them:
“For Diary in the future!!!”
3/17
Bolton literally created a family group chat on an encrypted app the day before he became National Security Advisor and told them:
“For Diary in the future!!!”
3/17
That “diary” wasn’t bedtime reading.
It contained daily Situation Room briefings, covert ops, missile intel, and foreign leader communications, material marked TOP SECRET//SCI.
He sent it all through Gmail and AOL.
4/17
It contained daily Situation Room briefings, covert ops, missile intel, and foreign leader communications, material marked TOP SECRET//SCI.
He sent it all through Gmail and AOL.
4/17
The DOJ lists 8 major transmissions between 2018–2019.
Each included national defense information:
- Future attacks by adversaries
- Missile launch plans
- U.S. covert actions abroad
- Intel on foreign military leaders
All sent to his “editors” — wife & daughter.
5/17
Each included national defense information:
- Future attacks by adversaries
- Missile launch plans
- U.S. covert actions abroad
- Intel on foreign military leaders
All sent to his “editors” — wife & daughter.
5/17
Then he compiled those notes into his 2020 book, The Room Where It Happened, the anti-Trump tell-all that earned him over $1 million.
That “diary” became his retirement fund.
6/17
That “diary” became his retirement fund.
6/17
So what happened next? 🤔
In 2021, Iranian hackers broke into Bolton’s personal email.
They taunted him:
“This could be the biggest scandal since Hillary’s emails were leaked... but this time on the GOP side.”
7/17
In 2021, Iranian hackers broke into Bolton’s personal email.
They taunted him:
“This could be the biggest scandal since Hillary’s emails were leaked... but this time on the GOP side.”
7/17
Bolton’s lawyer told the FBI about the hack, but didn’t mention that his email contained classified material from the White House.
Then Bolton deleted the account. 🧨
8/17
Then Bolton deleted the account. 🧨
8/17
Fast forward to August 2025.
The FBI raids Bolton’s home and office.
They find hard copies and digital files of those same Top Secret “diaries”, plus message logs confirming every transmission.
9/17
The FBI raids Bolton’s home and office.
They find hard copies and digital files of those same Top Secret “diaries”, plus message logs confirming every transmission.
9/17
The seized documents were labeled things like:
TOP SECRET//HCS//SI//ORCON//NOFORN
That’s the highest level of protection for intelligence sources & methods.
Bolton had been sitting on them for six years.
10/17
TOP SECRET//HCS//SI//ORCON//NOFORN
That’s the highest level of protection for intelligence sources & methods.
Bolton had been sitting on them for six years.
10/17
Prosecutors say he violated:
📜 18 U.S.C. §793(d) — transmission
📜 18 U.S.C. §793(e) — retention
Each count = up to 10 years.
⚖️ 180 years max exposure + forfeiture of book profits.
11/17
📜 18 U.S.C. §793(d) — transmission
📜 18 U.S.C. §793(e) — retention
Each count = up to 10 years.
⚖️ 180 years max exposure + forfeiture of book profits.
11/17
Here’s where it gets Shakespearean. 🎭
Bolton spent years going on TV blasting others for “using encrypted apps” or “sharing secrets.”
He once said:
“If I had done what [official] did, I’d be in prison.”
Turns out, he was right.
12/17
Bolton spent years going on TV blasting others for “using encrypted apps” or “sharing secrets.”
He once said:
“If I had done what [official] did, I’d be in prison.”
Turns out, he was right.
12/17
He even attacked others for using Signal:
“There’s no excuse for it. You don’t talk national security on commercial apps.”
Except, apparently, when it’s your family group chat.
13/17
“There’s no excuse for it. You don’t talk national security on commercial apps.”
Except, apparently, when it’s your family group chat.
13/17
And this isn’t some Trump vendetta case.
The indictment was signed by career prosecutors from DOJ’s Counterintelligence & Export Control Section.
No politics, just Bolton’s own arrogance coming full circle.
14/17
The indictment was signed by career prosecutors from DOJ’s Counterintelligence & Export Control Section.
No politics, just Bolton’s own arrogance coming full circle.
14/17
Let’s sum it up:
Bolton preached about protecting secrets.
He leaked Top Secret intel to family.
Got hacked by Iran. 🇮🇷
Deleted the evidence.
Made a million dollars. 💵
Now faces 18 counts under the Espionage Act.
15/17
Bolton preached about protecting secrets.
He leaked Top Secret intel to family.
Got hacked by Iran. 🇮🇷
Deleted the evidence.
Made a million dollars. 💵
Now faces 18 counts under the Espionage Act.
15/17
He called himself “the adult in the room.”
Now the adults in the DOJ are calling him:
👉 Defendant John Robert Bolton II.
The Deep State’s favorite hawk just crashed and burned. 🔥
16/17
Now the adults in the DOJ are calling him:
👉 Defendant John Robert Bolton II.
The Deep State’s favorite hawk just crashed and burned. 🔥
16/17
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