Well....the script is reading this way. Around five years ago....John Bolton was in Qatar, and appears like he was doing assessment work for 'someone'. Maybe it's an industry....maybe it's a country.
To write the assessment....the suggestion is that he took US classified material (Secret, TS) and assembled some package. For this....he was paid 'something'.
Then the speculation starts up....if he did this more than once, and for more than one customer.
The raid? They will assemble his notes and determine if he held classified. The list of customers will follow. Then the question of hidden funds will come up. If I were speculating (2020 time-period)....he probably got paid in BitCoin (then valued at 1 BC to $11,000).
The least of issues? Maybe he wrote a clear and unclassified assessment....then was paid some small sum of Bitcoins. Other than tax issues....there's not much to worry about.
If he had Secret/TS material, worked for several clients, and made $40-odd million which was hidden 'gain'? He's got a serious problem, and jail for 20 years is probably the eventual outcome.
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