‘Huge Distinction’: CNN Guest Argues Bolton Indictment Very Different From Comey And AG James

Former Trump lawyer Bill Brennan made the case to CNN’s Kasie Hunt on Thursday that the indictment of John Bolton is very different from the indictments of other Trump foes, ex-FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James (D).

“Bill Brennan, let me start with you just on the legal aspects here. We obviously walked through, and the president has been very open about his intentions. There has since been reporting that that Truth Social post, where he named names, was supposed to be a private message, but it was public. It’s out there, right?” Hunt began, adding:

I’m interested to know if you see a difference or distinction between what we’ve seen with Jim Comey and Letitia James, both of whom have been out there saying these are politically motivated. There were questions about the attorneys that were in the office where these indictments came from. There was reporting that there were concerns about those. And then what we’re seeing here with John Bolton and this classified information. How do you see it?

“Well, Kasie, again, thanks for having me. And I absolutely see a huge distinction in this Bolton investigation vis-à-vis the others that you mentioned. And here are a couple of the differences. This, if the reporting that’s been out there is accurate, this Bolton investigation has been going on for years. The prosecutor in Maryland, I believe, was a Biden appointee,” Brennan began, adding:

So there can’t be any argument made that the president put somebody in there to do his bidding. And the charges are much different from what we’ve seen with General James and Director Comey.

If, in fact—and of course, at this point in time, Mr. Bolton has not been indicted, and even if he is indicted, he’s presumed innocent—having said that, if in fact what’s being reported is the subject of an indictment and is proven in court, it would be a man who came out of national security who used, well, you know that old-fashioned “You’ve Got Mail” AOL to share with or record notes of highly sensitive classified information.

I mean, it puts the country in danger. There are rumors that some foreign nation, presumably with adversarial interests to our own, hacked his account. I mean, if he did this—and there’s no indication that he did at this point—but if he did, he should be indicted for stupidity, if nothing else.

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