Retribution

Our new book is The Comeback: The 2024 Elections and American Politics. The second Trump administration is off to an ominous start. “We are all afraid,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski said this spring. “It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real. And that’s not right.”

 This morning, the FBI raided John Bolton's home, purportedly in search of classified documents.

Less than two weeks ago on @ThisWeekABC. I asked @AmbJohnBolton if he was worried about Trump’s vow to get retribution:

KARL: So I -- before you go, we're about to talk about Trump's retribution campaign we're seeing at the FBI and the Justice Department. You're obviously on his…

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) August 22, 2025

Less than two weeks ago on @ThisWeekABC. I asked @AmbJohnBolton if he was worried about Trump’s vow to get retribution:

KARL: So I -- before you go, we're about to talk about Trump's retribution campaign we're seeing at the FBI and the Justice Department. You're obviously on his…

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) August 22, 2025