Overview
- Frum argues that the administration is pushing out career law‑enforcement officials and elevating loyalists, weakening institutional guardrails.
- The FBI searched former national security adviser John Bolton’s home over classified‑records concerns, according to Vice President JD Vance.
- Trump told reporters he was not briefed on the Bolton search, then said he could have initiated it because he is the “chief law enforcement officer.”
- Frum frames the pattern of raids, personnel purges, and public threats as a normalization of retaliation that blurs the line between office and personal vendetta.
- The White House rejected the criticism as partisan, while prominent Democrats and the New York Times editorial board warned the moves signal retaliatory tactics.