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| | Bolton is credited for persuading President [[George W. Bush]] for rescinding and thereby completely withdrawing the United States from the [[International Criminal Court]], after President [[Bill Clinton]] had signed the U.S. up for that [[globalist]] court. On September 10, 2018, as National Security Advisor, Bolton announced that the U.S. would prosecute and sanction any judges or prosecutors in the ICC who took action against investigated Americans soldiers. | | Bolton is credited for persuading President [[George W. Bush]] for rescinding and thereby completely withdrawing the United States from the [[International Criminal Court]], after President [[Bill Clinton]] had signed the U.S. up for that [[globalist]] court. On September 10, 2018, as National Security Advisor, Bolton announced that the U.S. would prosecute and sanction any judges or prosecutors in the ICC who took action against investigated Americans soldiers. |
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| − | [[Democrat]] Rep. [[Adam Schiff]] has criticized Bolton for his "lack of credibility".<ref>https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1222679409053880320</ref> Bolton has spread [[fake news]] by claiming, without evidence, that Trump approved of detention camps for [[Uyghur|Uyghurs]];<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-signs-uyghur-law-amid-accusations-he-approved-of-chinas-detention-camps/ Trump signs Uyghur law amid accusations he approved of China’s detention camps]</ref> Trump having been the first US President to recognise the [[crimes against humanity]] perpetrated by the CCP against the Ughurs as a [[genocide]] (see [[Uyghur genocide]]). | + | [[Democrat]] Rep. [[Adam Schiff]] has criticized Bolton for his "lack of credibility".<ref>https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1222679409053880320</ref> Bolton has spread [[fake news]] by claiming, without evidence, that Trump approved of detention camps for [[Uyghur|Uyghurs]];<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-signs-uyghur-law-amid-accusations-he-approved-of-chinas-detention-camps/ Trump signs Uyghur law amid accusations he approved of China’s detention camps]</ref> Trump having been the first US President to recognize the [[crimes against humanity]] perpetrated by the CCP against the Ughurs as a [[genocide]] (see [[Uyghur genocide]]). |
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| | + | Bolton, who once called for the [[death penalty]] for [[Edward Snowden]] for [[leak]]ing [[classified information]], was charged in October 2025 with 18 [[felony]] counts of leaking classified and faces 180 years in federal [[prison]]. |
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| | On November 22, 2019, Bolton returned to Twitter, not having posted since the day of his firing. He accused Trump of attempting to silence him by suppressing his private Twitter account.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/bolton-claims-white-house-blocked-his-access-to-twitter-account-11574462361</ref> | | On November 22, 2019, Bolton returned to Twitter, not having posted since the day of his firing. He accused Trump of attempting to silence him by suppressing his private Twitter account.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/bolton-claims-white-house-blocked-his-access-to-twitter-account-11574462361</ref> |
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| − | Some have criticized him for his foreign policy stances: for example, [[national conservative]] [[Fox News]] host [[Tucker Carlson]] has claimed that, "John Bolton has always been a snake."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q61DOWIZeUA</ref> | + | Some have criticized him for his foreign policy stances: for example, national [[conservative]] [[Fox News]] host [[Tucker Carlson]] has claimed that, "John Bolton has always been a snake."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q61DOWIZeUA</ref> |
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