Saturday’s WarRoom dropped a grenade right in the middle of Washington’s cozy swamp circles. Steve Bannon and Jack Posobiec weren’t just dissecting John Bolton’s memoir or the classified document scandal swirling around it they were drilling into something deeper, darker, and far more explosive: public corruption at the highest levels of national security.
Posobiec said his "memory got pinged” while reviewing reporting on Bolton, and what came rushing back was an old Politico article laying out a shadow network of Bolton’s friends and lobbyists. Names like Matthew Friedman and Charles Kupperman weren’t just working alongside Bolton; they were running consulting gigs, brokering access, and, potentially, monetizing Bolton’s seat at the heart of President Trump’s White House.
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Bolton Relied On Ex-Lobbyist As He Staffed NSC, Jack Posobiec Reacts @JackPosobiec pic.twitter.com/7JCQ5RADGa
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) August 23, 2025
Bannon cut right to the chase: this looks a lot like the Clinton Foundation’s model. Instead of a charitable façade, Bolton may have been selling access, meetings, and policy influence, all while holding one of the most sensitive jobs in government. If true, it’s not about sloppy book notes or mishandled classified material. It’s about a national security adviser turning America’s power into his personal ATM.
The conversation circled back to Dan Bongino’s cryptic tweet, "public corruption will not be tolerated.” That’s what set off the alarms for Posobiec. This wasn’t just idle speculation. Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, doesn’t toss that phrase around lightly. To Bannon and Posobiec, it signals investigators are chasing the money trail, not just paper shuffling.
And here’s where it gets ugly: Bolton could be staring down decades in prison if prosecutors prove he was peddling influence or monetizing intelligence access. Bannon didn’t mince words: "Bolton could die in prison.” That’s how serious this could get.
The sitrep takeaway? Washington’s dirtiest secret isn’t incompetence, it’s corruption. Too many former officials treat their government badge like a golden ticket to cash in, at home and abroad. Bolton, once trusted to advise President Trump on life-and-death security matters, might end up remembered as the guy who tried to run a consulting racket from the Situation Room.
And while the corporate media keeps the spotlight on Trump, it’s the Bolton story that could blow the lid off how the DC game is really played. Bannon and Posobiec are hinting this isn’t just one man’s scheme — it’s a window into the way power, money, and "access” get traded behind closed doors.
Jack Posobiec’s "pinged memory” might have just cracked open the real scandal: not classified papers, but a national security adviser turning foreign policy into a side hustle.
Watch the entire WarRoom segment from Saturday:
