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The Justice Department’s move to indict former national security adviser John Bolton this week has shaken the capital and left patriotic Americans asking whether rules about classified material finally apply to everyone. A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an 18-count indictment charging Bolton with eight counts of unlawful transmission of national defense information and ten counts of unlawful retention under the Espionage Act, and he pleaded not guilty in court on October 17, 2025.
Prosecutors say Bolton shared more than 1,000 pages of daily notes with two family members and kept top-secret records at his Maryland home, even allegedly using a personal email account that was later compromised by foreign operatives. Those are serious allegations — leaking intelligence and mishandling covert operations can put troops and sources at risk — and the indictment lays out a level of detail that cannot be brushed aside.
Federal agents executed search warrants at Bolton’s residence and his Washington office in August 2025, part of an investigation that reportedly opened in 2022, and career national security prosecutors ultimately moved the case to a grand jury. Whether you salute Bolton’s hawkish record or not, the presence of seasoned prosecutors handling this matter means the American people deserve to see the same rule of law applied transparently.
Still, conservatives have every right to be skeptical about timing and consistency. This indictment comes amid a spate of legal actions involving high-profile critics of the current administration, and many hardworking Americans rightly wonder why patterns of selective prosecution seem to target political enemies while others who mishandled materials escaped similar consequences. If the Justice Department wants public trust, it must show equal treatment across the board and stop being a political cudgel.
Victor Davis Hanson, a straight-talking conservative and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, told Rob Schmitt Tonight that accountability must mean consequences — and he made clear his belief that high-profile figures who betray national secrets will eventually “pay the price.” Conservatives should listen: defending national security is not a partisan slogan, it’s a sacred duty of citizenship, and scholars like Hanson are right to demand both justice and clarity.
Americans who love this country want one justice system that defends our troops, our intelligence, and our Constitution — not a two-tiered racket where the political class picks winners and losers. The Bolton indictment should be prosecuted fairly and openly, but it should also force a reckoning in Washington: either we have impartial enforcement of national-security laws, or we will watch institutions we once trusted be hollowed out by politics. Patriots will insist on accountability, transparency, and the kind of even-handed justice that protects our nation without fear or favor.
