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Bolton Indicted: Grand Jury Files 18 Counts Against Former National Security Adviser

A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted John Bolton on 18 felony counts alleging unlawful retention and transmission of classified national defense information, marking a major escalation in DOJ actions against a former Trump aide

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100,000 pounds - Cocaine seized by the US Coast Guard since August as part of Operation Pacific Viper

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"We will have no choice but to kill them" — President Donald Trump

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