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Bolton calls for FBI investigations before Gaetz, Gabbard confirmations
by Sarah Fortinsky - 11/13/24 9:26 PM ET
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday that former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) — President-elect Trump’s nominees for director of national intelligence and attorney general, respectively — should not appear for their Senate confirmation hearings until they are investigated by the FBI.
In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Bolton said the formal probes would send a message to China that the U.S. is serious about its national security.
“I don’t think either she or Matt Gaetz ought to have a confirmation hearing until they have both had full-field FBI investigations,” Bolton told anchor Blake Burman. “And then I think the Chinese would say, ‘Maybe they are serious.’”
When Burman clarified, asking whether Bolton was calling for Gabbard to be investigated, Bolton said, “I think so,” adding, “Given the Russian propaganda that she has espoused over the past period of time, I think she’s a serious threat to our national security.”
In the interview, Bolton heavily criticized Trump’s choices for the positions, calling Gabbard and Gaetz the two worst Cabinet appointments in recent history.
Oh yeah, I remember that guy. He was the guy who talked tough while risking other people’s lives.
Who is he to call for anything?
Is Bolton signaling that the FBI is the weaponized political defense arm of the establishment in DC?