Wall Street Journal rips Trump after Bolton indictment

The Wall Street Journal is warning President Trump could go after more of his political enemies after former national security adviser John Bolton was indicted on Thursday.

The Journal, in an editorial published on Thursday, called opposing Trump "a perilous business," and saying "working for him can be equally as dangerous."

"There’s little doubt that the underlying motivation for this prosecution is retribution," the newspaper wrote. "The President has targeted Mr. Bolton at least since 2020 when Mr. Trump called for his prosecution after Mr. Bolton wrote his book."

Federal prosecutors accused Bolton of sending more than a thousand pages of “diary-like entries” to two relatives and retained documents, writings and notes related to national defense.

The indictment comes after former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both prominent opponents of Trump, were indicted by Lindsey Halligan, Trump’s former personal attorney, who he recently picked to become interim U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. 

Trump criticized Bolton after federal agents raided his home and this week called him a "bad guy." But the president said he had not reviewed the indictment against his former national security adviser.

"Mr. Bolton will get his day in court, and we look forward to his defense. In our experience he is a patriot who would do nothing to compromise national security," the Journal wrote. "He never leaked classified information to us. If Mr. Bolton had praised Mr. Trump in his book, it’s safe to say he wouldn’t have been indicted."