'If you're against Trump, you're in trouble': Alarm sounded on president's new 'retribution'

24 August

President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Cabinet Room. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

Bill Nigut, a former reporter for Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WABA, said Sunday that the FBI raid on President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s home and office should be considered in the context of how the Department of Justice is "acting at the demands of a president who wants retribution for people who turned against him."

"And we know, unfortunately, that the federal judiciary now has people in various courts… who are willing to do the president's bidding," he said during an appearance on CNN Sunday morning.

On Friday, the FBI executed court-authorized raids at the Maryland home and Washington, D.C., office of Bolton, launching a national security investigation into his handling of classified documents. No charges have been filed to date.

The probe appears to have been dormant during the Biden administration but has been revived under Trump’s term.

Vice President J.D. Vance asserted in an interview with NBC that the investigation into Bolton is “in the very early stages” and insisted it does not target Bolton due to his public criticism of Trump.

During the CNN segment Sunday, Ernie Suggs, race and culture reporter at Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said: "John Bolton is another example of performative nature. This is a guy who has been loyal to Trump. He was loyal to Trump for about 18 months, and now he's a critic. He's on this set all the time, criticizing Donald Trump. And that comes with a cost, and he's seeing that as the FBI is going into his house."

Suggs continued: "So, this is an example of unchecked power in the White House, that if you are not with Trump, you're against him. And if you're against Trump, you're in trouble."

But former judge Ashley Willcott pushed back on the idea and said, "..a federal judge had to issue a warrant based on probable cause, and so does that not balance that unfettered power?" However, she later added that probable cause is "such a low standard."

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