Elie Honig Breaks Down Why John Bolton Case Has ‘More Legitimacy’

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig told “CNN News Central” co-host John Berman on Tuesday that there were “indicators” that the investigation of former National Security Advisor John Bolton might have “more legitimacy” than other high-profile prosecutions.

The FBI arrived at Bolton’s Bethesda, Maryland, home at around 7 a.m. Eastern time on Aug. 22 to execute a search warrant. Honig hinted that there were signs that the case against Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump’s national security advisor from April 2018 to September 2019, might be serious. (RELATED: ‘Now You’re Saying That’: Sparks Fly Between CNBC Hosts Over Letitia James Indictment)

“I’m going to withhold judgment on the Bolton case until we see an indictment, if there is one, but there are indicators that there may be more legitimacy to this case,” Honig said. “The reporting is that this case against John Bolton originated during the prior administration, the Biden Administration. There are also indicators that this case developed organically, that it was based on a leak of information from John Bolton, or provisioned by John Bolton, of information to some foreign entities, which then came to the attention of American intelligence. Also worth noting, John, two separate federal judges, one in Maryland, one in D.C., both reviewed and approved search warrants when John Bolton’s home and office were searched back in August.”

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“That had to go through two separate federal judges, both of whom found at least probable cause to engage in those searches,” Honig continued. “So if there’s an indictment, as the reporting says there could be sometime soon, let‘s take a closer look at that. I’m not so sure that’s going to fall in the same bucket as the Comey and James cases.”